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By Matt Prigge (853) for Metro (930) on 14 Nov 2013

It's good that [documentarian Alex] Gibney doesn't turn [Lance] Armstrong into a martyr, but that's mostly because he doesn't have anything to say…

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By J. R. Jones (1,337) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 14 Nov 2013

Gibney assembles a damning case against the athlete, but what distinguishes this from other accounts of the scandal is the filmmaker's admission…

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By Matt Pais (1,519) for RedEye (906) on 14 Nov 2013

In some ways, the most powerful lies are the ones we tell ourselves…

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By Bruce Ingram (70) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 14 Nov 2013

You’d have to start looking into ancient Greek tragedy to top it as a showcase for pure, unadulterated hubris…

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By Peter Hartlaub (620) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 14 Nov 2013

Armstrong acted like a demon, but it becomes clear there were very, very few angels associated with the sport in the 1990s and early 2000s…

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By Michael Phillips (2,622) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 14 Nov 2013

The Armstrong Lie gets going, and gets pretty good, when Gibney is able to focus on the 2009 Tour de France itself, a race fraught with old…

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By Laura Clifford (2,742) for Reeling Reviews (4,376) on 12 Nov 2013

The prime artifact of [Gibney's] film is in capturing Armstrong's persona, a man...who we see time and time again lie through his teeth with…

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By Tony Medley (1,109) for Tolucan Times (639) on 09 Nov 2013

Beautifully shot and edited, even after you know the horrible things Armstrong did to good people who only wanted the truth to come out, you…

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By Eric Kohn (1,203) for indieWire (3,631) on 08 Nov 2013

The filmmaker has experienced the lie firsthand on multiple occasions, imbuing the project with the ire of the personal frustrations experienced…

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By Ali Arikan (6) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 08 Nov 2013

The Armstrong story is fascinating. That someone could get away with such a huge lie in plain sight is terrifying…

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By Ella Taylor (978) for NPR (1,713) on 08 Nov 2013

If Gibney was looking for contrition, though, he didn't find it…

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By Donald J. Levit (489) for ReelTalk Movie Reviews (1,771) on 07 Nov 2013

The Armstrong Lie' gives a good enough summary of the sport and its shenanigans (and by implication those of others…

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By Pam Leblanc (1) for Austin American-Statesman (501) on 07 Nov 2013

For anyone who's not sick of hearing about the ongoing Armstrong saga (he's still facing millions of dollars in lawsuits), it's a well-executed…

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By Claudia Puig (2,080) for USA Today (4,117) on 07 Nov 2013

He lies with such conviction it's terrifying…

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By Kenneth Turan (2,323) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 07 Nov 2013

The whole truth about the complicated, charismatic man may never come out, but The Armstrong Lie is closer than we ever thought we'd get…

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By Peter Travers (3,602) for Rolling Stone (4,035) on 07 Nov 2013

An idol had fallen, and Gibney and the superb director of photography Maryse Alberti were there to capture the descent, including a confessional…

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By Stephen Holden (1,707) for The New York Times (9,847) on 07 Nov 2013

Overall, Gibney does a fine job documenting the timeless nature of Armstrong’s fall from grace…

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By Joe Morgenstern (2,395) for Wall Street Journal (3,071) on 07 Nov 2013

The Armstrong Lie wears thin before it's over; the wafer-thin nature of the cyclist's personality can't sustain a two-hour running time…

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By Andrew O'hehir (1,324) for Salon.com (2,725) on 07 Nov 2013

So the rhetorical strategy of The Armstrong Lie is both a strength and a weakness…

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