Review of Bigger Stronger Faster* (2008) by Laura J — 15 Nov 2008

A very professional documentary from a man named Christopher Bell, whose two brothers are both unrepentant steroid users. Bell talks with his brothers, but the majority of the movie is a Michael Moore style examination of a subject, except with less of a specific agenda.

Bell does not buy into the demonization of steroids by the media, nor does he endorse their use. The result is a surprisingly un-biased look at its subject, which is rare among documentaries like this.

Through his examination, the movie evolves from simply looking at drugs and begins to examine the underlying hypocrisies of a society which glorifies people like Arnold Schwarzenegger but demonizes what he used to get so ripped.

Basicly, this is the documentary that Supersize Me wishes it was, it?s a wonderfully made examination of a subject which never takes the easy way out of an argument.