Tag: Painkiller
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‘Painkiller’ and ‘Dopesick’s Story Is Explored in This Documentary
In the past two years, two limited-run series have been released about the attempt to force some kind of justice onto the Sackler family, the billionaires who own Purdue Pharma. Both Dopesick, released in 2021 on Hulu, and Painkiller, released just last month on Netflix, tell the story of Richard Sackler’s aggressive and dishonest marketing…
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‘Painkiller’s Best Performance Is From an Up-and-Coming Actor
Painkiller is topping the Netflix TV shows top 10 list, and it tells the sordid true story of the opioid epidemic, emphasizing Purdue Pharmaceuticals’ role in creating the problem. It is similar to the Hulu show Dopesick which was met with critical and audience praise after its release in 2021. The show has a terrific,…
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‘Painkiller’ Review: Netflix’s Vicious Retelling of the Opioid Crisis Is Effective but Familiar
Just about everything you need to hear from “Painkiller” is conveyed within its familiar yet hard-hitting first hour. There’s an aptly scathing introduction to the Sackler family, starting with Arthur (Clark Gregg), who transformed the pharmaceutical industry through public-facing advertising campaigns, then his son/”disciple,” Richard (Matthew Broderick), who followed his father’s playbook when pushing OxyContin…
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‘Painkiller’ Review: Peter Berg’s Miniseries With Taylor Kitsch, Matthew Broderick & More Awkwardly Takes On The Opioid Crisis
As of last year, over a million people have died of opioid overdoses in the United States. The central culprits, as outlined in Netflix’s latest miniseries, “Painkiller,” are Purdue Pharma and the “non-addictive” prescription drug they marketed to anyone with a pulse and a toothache: OxyContin. It’s a distinctly American tragedy — painful, self-inflicted, motivated…
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‘Painkiller’ Review: Netflix’s OxyContin Series Is No ‘Dopesick’
This review was written during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the series being covered here wouldn’t exist.There is something surreal about watching Netflix’s miniseries Painkiller — and not in the bizarre way it intends. For those that have seen the story of how…
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New on Netflix in August 2023
As summer vacation begins to wind down for many across North America, Netflix has some great titles available to stream this August if you’re in the mood to watch something. The highly successful anime One Piece is getting the live-action treatment as a new series with the original creator Eiichiro Oda returning as an executive…