Review of The Program (2015) by Sean L — 11 Jun 2016

Lance Armstrong is painted out to be a compulsive liar and an all around douche, which I imagine is how he was. However it wasn't as damning as it could of been, yes there were scenes were he is incredibly charismatic and likeable, all through the efforts of a brilliant performance from Ben Foster, one of the most criminally underrated actors out there, but it could've gone deeper.

This never really delves into his character, his childhood or anything like that, we are literally taken into the story when he is already an adult and cycling... At just 100 minutes long its quite short.

Although I did like the use of news footage of interviews with fans describing how inspirational and influential he is to them.... really did hit home how damaging his lies were. Is it worth repeated viewings? Not really, nothing about this stands out and I had to force myself to watch this as the trailer didn't really scream ''WATCH ME!''.

Not really worth buying. Probably wait until it comes on Netflix.