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The Armstrong Lie

2013 · 124 min · Director: Alex Gibney ★ IMDb 7.2 · 8,395 ratings

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A documentary chronicling sports legend Lance Armstrong's improbable rise and ultimate fall from grace.

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The Armstrong Lie (2013) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Confusion 30%, Empathy 25%, Anger 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Confusion, Empathy, Anger. Genres: Documentary, Biography, Sport. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Confusion, Empathy and Anger. Its IMDb rating of 7.2/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 71/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Curiosity
  • Anger
  • Tension

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Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Excitement

Dominant emotion: Anger

Dominant emotion: Tension

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Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 28 %, then peaks around 68 %, then peaks around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityCuriosityAngerTension
2.5 %≈ 3′Curiosity58 %63 %25 %42 %
7.5 %≈ 9′Curiosity64 %59 %31 %43 %
12.5 %≈ 16′Empathy66 %49 %23 %36 %
17.5 %≈ 22′Excitement60 %45 %14 %28 %
22.5 %≈ 28′Curiosity53 %55 %20 %26 %
27.5 %≈ 34′Curiosity51 %63 %26 %28 %
32.5 %≈ 40′Curiosity56 %61 %34 %31 %
37.5 %≈ 47′Curiosity60 %54 %39 %35 %
42.5 %≈ 53′Excitement56 %42 %29 %34 %
47.5 %≈ 59′Empathy53 %41 %20 %35 %
52.5 %≈ 65′Curiosity55 %45 %19 %43 %
57.5 %≈ 71′Excitement59 %48 %21 %49 %
62.5 %≈ 78′Curiosity66 %50 %43 %51 %
67.5 %≈ 84′Anger74 %51 %65 %51 %
72.5 %≈ 90′Curiosity70 %51 %51 %50 %
77.5 %≈ 96′Excitement65 %43 %21 %56 %
82.5 %≈ 102′Tension64 %41 %16 %57 %
87.5 %≈ 109′Curiosity64 %54 %33 %50 %
92.5 %≈ 115′Curiosity68 %55 %51 %44 %
97.5 %≈ 121′Anger70 %47 %62 %35 %
Riches to rags

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

LA
Lance Armstrong

RA
Reed Albergotti

BA
Betsy Andreu

FA
Frankie Andreu

Self

JB
Johan Bruyneel

Self

DC
Daniel Coyle

Self

MF
Michele Ferrari

Self

MB
Michael Bloomberg

Self (archive footage)

AC
Anderson Cooper

Self (archive footage)

Bill Clinton

Self (archive footage)

Oprah Winfrey

Self (archive footage)

AG
Alex Gibney

Self - Narrator

Larry King

Self (archive footage)

BW
Barbara Walters

Self (archive footage)

Details

Directed by
Alex Gibney
Written by
Alex Gibney
Type
Movies
Released
2013
Runtime
124 min
Country
United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.2 · 8,395 ratings
Feels mostly
Confusion
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