The Program
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.
31 December 1979, Kilcoole, County Wicklow, Ireland
1967, England, UK
18 January 1985, Bucharest, Romania
9 October 1979, Sligo, Ireland
11 August 1950, Albany, New York, USA
12 November 1966, Dallas, Texas, USA
1976, Enghien-les-Bains, Val-d'Oise, France
1982, Belfast, Northern Ireland
August 08, 2016
The movie makes great use of the journalistic work of Dave Walsh to create intimate moments that help understand the main character's motivations. [Full review in Spanish]
March 18, 2016
For a story about incredibly focused determination - and if nothing else, Lance Armstrong had that - the film remains strangely uninvolved.
December 05, 2016
The Program is a drama, not a documentary, which allows it to flesh out the bones of this story into something approaching a minor Shakespearean tragedy.
August 08, 2016
A thrilling modern American tragedy about one of the greatest athletes of our day. [Full review in Spanish]
August 23, 2016
Basically the same as The Armstrong Lie documentary but with less cycling scenes and the repulsive but appealing performance from Ben Foster.[Full review in Spanish]
March 18, 2016
The flashily photographed enterprise too often becomes a blur of sound bites and slick aesthetics akin to a Nike commercial.
March 18, 2016
"The Program" fails to add anything new, or penetrate the soul of so crafty a cheater.
August 15, 2016
It's a shame Frears didn't fully approach the character and its subjects as expected. [Full review in Spanish]
March 17, 2016
"The Program," much to its detriment, concentrates almost exclusively on the history of the doping effort . There is no mention of his childhood or adolescence or any attempt to analyze his character.
August 08, 2016
It makes great use of the events surrounding Armstrong's lies to create a great deal of suspense. [Full review in Spanish]
March 18, 2016
It never goes deep on what it was that produced the awfulness that is Lance Armstrong.
