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6.4/10 • 487

2015-09-161h 43m

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Champion. Hero. Legend. Cheat.

An Irish sports journalist becomes convinced that Lance Armstrong's performances during the Tour de France victories are fueled by banned substances. With this conviction, he starts hunting for evidence that will expose Armstrong.

Directors
Stephen Frears
Editors
Valerio Bonelli

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  1. Ben Foster

    Ben Foster

    Lance Armstrong

  2. Chris O'Dowd

    Chris O'Dowd

    David Walsh

  3. Guillaume Canet

    Guillaume Canet

    Dr. Ferrari

  4. Jesse Plemons

    Jesse Plemons

    Floyd Landis

  5. Lee Pace

    Lee Pace

    Bill Stapleton

  6. Denis Ménochet

    Denis Ménochet

    Johan Bruyneel

  7. Edward Hogg

    Edward Hogg

    Frankie Andreu

  8. Dustin Hoffman

    Dustin Hoffman

    Bob Hamman

  9. Elaine Cassidy

    Elaine Cassidy

    Betsy Andreu

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Reno

May 14, 2016

6.5/10

What would you choose to do if you get a second chance in your life.
I think it came at the right time. The recent report says there are lots of athletes around the world from the different sports failed their doping tests. But this story sets around the 15 years ago, which was based on the real sportsperson's life story. Lance Armstrong, a cyclist from the Texas and his record breaking back to back wins at the 'The Tour de France'. The film narrates a tale that what he chose to do with the second chance of his life. A very interesting biopic, but kind of confusing over what kind of revelation the film is. I mean whether inspiring to fight back the disease, especially what he contributed to the poor and orphan cancer patients, or cheating the game to become a fame. So what I think is it has the both positives and negatives. I liked the balanced screenplay, that is very smart for a controversial person like this. It's like a modern 'Robinhood' tale. But here, he's not stealing from the rich, instead he cheats the game. Those tricks were unbelievable. That's not the right thing to do, but that's what he's good at. Ben Foster was amazing, I'd seen him doing lots of supporting roles, but for this he's the posterboy. This film is a great example that the lies cannot go on forever, sooner or later the justice will be done. People hate him and so this film. There are others who like him as well, but I'm neutral and people like me has to go through a hard time to rate it. 6½/10

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
$3,286,448.00
Keywords
sportsbiographytour de francecycling