A portrait of man who lied with a straight face and yet doesn't seem to quite understand or accept the repercussions of his actions. Fascinating stuff on a complex subject.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Feb 1, 2021

Gibney's film will live as an aural history of this dark age of cycling, a lesson of moral responsibility, and the cultural phenomenon that is the need to believe in miracles.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Nov 12, 2020

Whether or not you are a sports enthusiast, you will find that this film is one of the best documentaries to be seen in years. Gibney has captured incredible footage of Armstrong's life by having carte blanche access to him.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jan 22, 2020

It's no lie when I tell you The Armstrong Lie is a powerful piece of filmmaking; an absolutely riveting, compelling and beyond fascinating look into the mindset of Lance Armstrong.

| Jan 7, 2020

An engaging and safe documentary from the Gibney factory.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 4, 2019

A tragic portrait of an egotistical, compulsive liar who dodged so many bullets it's almost mythical.

| Original Score: 6.8/10 | Apr 10, 2019

The tale is fascinating, not just for cycling enthusiasts, but connoisseurs of the human condition.

| Jan 2, 2018

This film, if not a whitewash, has a touch of the fanboy about it.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 14, 2017

Perhaps it would have been better if Gibney had told us something we didn't already know.

| Original Score: C | Nov 29, 2017

Rigorously researched yet repetitive, it never quite hits the button.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 6, 2017

The Armstrong Lie has several insightful moments but is most interesting in how it shows us a filmmaker usually committed to finding the absolute truth in his subjects, suffering when he comes across a story where lies and truth constantly intertwine.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 1, 2014

( ... ) a riveting, insider's view of the unravelling of one of the most extraordinary stories in the history of sports. Alex Gibney's two-hour movie races by in what feels like minutes.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 10, 2014

The Armstrong Lie is a very good sports documentary, but doesn't reach far enough to become one of the best nonfiction films of the year.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 5, 2014

[A]nother brilliant documentary from the ever-incisive Alex Gibney... not about cycling but the power of celebrity...

| May 16, 2014

The lie is the least of it in Gibney's personal documentary

| Original Score: 3/4 | May 15, 2014

INCISIVE as it is infuriating, The Armstrong Lie chronicles the greatest fraud ever perpetuated in the history of organised sport.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 18, 2014

It's an open wound of a documentary, sure, yet there is a pervasive sense Armstrong is using it as another means to redeem his public reputation...You might well find yourself sympathising with him more than reason would otherwise allow.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Mar 15, 2014

The flow is constantly punctured by Gibney's interjections, as if we were hearing it from a jilted ex.

| Mar 12, 2014

The Armstrong Lie gives great insight into a champion sportsman whose position at the top of his game meant he thought he could get away with anything.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 12, 2014

It's a meticulous examination of a particularly ruthless brand of power game-playing.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Mar 11, 2014