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By David 'Mad Dog' Bradley (480) for Rip It Up (249) on 09 Dec 2015

Tougher than Frears' recent credits, The Program shows off some excellent work from its international cast…

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By David Stratton (799) for The Australian (781) on 01 Dec 2015

Frears's film dramatises these events very effectively and, as a result, the remarkable story is now available to an even wider audience…

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By Paul Byrnes (441) for Sydney Morning Herald (1,256) on 01 Dec 2015

Frears offers a comprehensive set of indictments: the people who ran the sport, the media who ignored the signs, the athletes who went along,…

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By Anthony Morris (102) for sbs.com.au (697) on 01 Dec 2015

It's in the performances that this film equals the energy of the cycling scenes…

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By Cj Johnson (473) for ABC Radio (Australia) (677) on 29 Nov 2015

There's no time wasted here on wives, children, parents, childhood, religion, politics, puppy dogs or pussy cats…

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By Luke Buckmaster (275) for The Daily Review/Crikey (197) on 26 Nov 2015

The plot is strung together with a cracking pace, as if Frears were afraid audiences might tune out at any moment and switch to reading Armstrong's…

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By Tom Glasson (221) for Concrete Playground (635) on 24 Nov 2015

Not quite The Armstrong Lie, it's still a compelling look inside the most successful doping program in cycling history…

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By Rich Cline (3,056) for Contactmusic.com (927) on 24 Nov 2015

A whooshing pace and snappy dialogue help bring this true story to life, tracing the triumphant and scandalous career of cyclist Lance Armstrong…

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By Louise Keller (804) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 23 Nov 2015

Proficiently made and offering a real sense of being there, the major problem about Stephen Frears' film about drug cheat and seven times Tour…

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By Steve P (906) on 21 Nov 2015

Decently engrossing, if sometimes episodic. Ben Foster does good work here, making Armstrong a complicated figure…

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By Mo-Jai M (33) on 14 Nov 2015

A mostly uninspired and workmanlike retelling of the Lance Armstrong story which doesn't feel heavyweight enough to go down as THE film about…

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By Private U (13,627) on 21 Oct 2015

The story of Amstrong with a stellar standout turn from Foster…

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By Henry Fitzherbert (699) for Daily Express (UK) (2,141) on 17 Oct 2015

You may not be uplifted but you will have your eyes opened, especially if you have not seen The Armstrong Lie, Alex Gibney's documentary…

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By Mark Kermode (1,002) for Observer (UK) (2,398) on 17 Oct 2015

Seasoned pros Frears and screenwriter John Hodge handle the sharp corners of the story with aplomb, although there's little here that wasn't…

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By Alicia Adejobi (10) for International Business Times (181) on 15 Oct 2015

Foster is wickedly brilliant in his portrayal…

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By Geoffrey Macnab (1,253) for Independent (UK) (2,026) on 15 Oct 2015

The film, scripted by John Hodge of Trainspotting fame, is skillful in the way it gives a modern-day story about cheating in sport a mythic feel…

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By Stella Papamichael (611) for Digital Spy (1,161) on 15 Oct 2015

Armstrong may have been obsessed with crafting his own myth, but Frears only offers us a shadow of the man…

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By Maryann Johanson (2,701) for Flick Filosopher (2,694) on 15 Oct 2015

Pretty much strictly for fans of Ben Foster and Chris O'Dowd, who are both superb here…

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By Elliott Noble (448) for Sky Cinema (1,726) on 14 Oct 2015

Director Stephen Frears and writer John Hodge turn reporter David Walsh's exhaustive expose of Lance Armstrong into a whistlestop tour of one…

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By Brian Viner (589) for Daily Mail (UK) (1,461) on 14 Oct 2015

Maybe it was because I already know the story so well that I never felt fully engaged…

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