Film2017121 min

Icarus

Name: Icarus
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2017
Duration: 121 min
Cast: Bryan Fogel, Dave Zabriskie, Don Catlin, Grigory Rodchenkov, Scott Brandt

Taste attributes: documentarysportsheavyrealisticlineargrittyenclosedemotive & stirringall consuming questgame/competitionsocial commentary

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"Truth is the new banned substance"

Boxlist takeA grounded, intimate documentary, emotive rather than low-key. Best if you like real life over fantasy.

Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score

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Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it
Emotional punch: Emotive / stirring, just how this profile likes it
Setting / scale: Small / confined, just how this profile likes it

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Realism: True to life, where this profile leans balanced realism

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Synopsis

While investigating the furtive world of illegal doping in sports, director Bryan Fogel connects with renegade Russian scientist Dr. Grigory Rodchenkov—a pillar of his country’s “anti-doping” program. Over dozens of Skype calls, urine samples, and badly administered hormone injections, Fogel and Rodchenkov grow closer despite shocking allegations that place Rodchenkov at the center of Russia’s state-sponsored Olympic doping program.

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