Sunday, July 6, 2008

Bigger Stronger Faster

Rating: 8.5 out of 10 stars
I saw this in mid to late June at Coolidge Corner Cinema

This movie was terrific. Truly a hidden gem. Chris Bell addresses the idea of what it means to be American (especially an American male) with a takeoff point of steroids and his personal and family experience with steroids and other performance enhancing substances.

Bell does a great job analyzing how American's perceive themselves, each other, steroids, drugs, and a host of other topics and does it in a nuanced and masterful way. It does a great job of not answering the questions that we might have but framing them well and presenting all sides in a compelling manner and raising more questions we didn't even know we should have.

Extremely informative, well put together, insightful, go see it!

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