Bigger Stronger FASTER* The Side Effects Of Being American

2008, Movie, NR, 106 mins

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BIGGER STRONGER FASTER* THE SIDE EFFECTS OF BEING AMERICAN

Chris Bell's loosely structured, attenuated documentary explores the cult of body worship and the ways athletes and ordinary citizens use drugs, particularly steroids, to enhance performance and attain exaggerated physiques. Bell, once a self proclaimed "fat pale kid from Poughkeepsie," and his two brothers grew up idolizing Hulk Hogan, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone, and turned to bodybuilding as a way of compensating for their deficiencies. Older brother Mi... read more leave a comment