Review of The Armstrong Lie (2013) by Alex R — 13 Feb 2014

Infuriating and illuminating documentary, The Armstrong Lie is a fascinating film about how Lance Armstrong got caught doping during the Tour de France. With this film, director Alex Gibney goes in depth into how Armstrong was pulling it off for years, while in the midst getting away with it right up until he decided to do a comeback.

Featuring a plateau of great interviews with those involved, including Lance Armstrong. The film answers all the questions you asked yourself when this whole ordeal first came about. In terms of a documentary, The Armstrong Lie is a standout film.

This film is one that is engaging from start the first frame onwards especially due to its subject matter. The film is an important documentary and it really goes deep into the doping controversy. Director Alex Gibney crafts a great movie, and it is one of 2013's finest genre films.

To those interested in what happened, this is the film to watch. The Armstrong Lie shows us how he doped and how he deceived everyone. The content is infuriating and you simply can't come to understand how this guy could have pulled this off.

The film shows how a once great athlete fell from grace through deception and lied in order to keep his credibility. The Armstrong Lie is a well executed documentary that grabs your attention, and with such a subject at his disposal, director Alex Gibney has made a movie that exposes a cheat for exactly what he is, a liar who took everyone for a fool.