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Prescription Thugs
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In this documentary, director Chris Bell turns his camera on the abuse of prescription drugs and, ultimately, himself. It's his hard hitting and thought provoking expose of Big Pharma, its marketing practices and their impact on the staggering level of addiction to prescription drugs in North America.
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United States
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WBAI Radio
January 22, 2016 Bell takes it personally as well as publicly with the tragic death of his own brother. And what exactly is going down with the deadly prescription drug epidemic, and pharmaceutical corporations in league with doctors and drugstores raking in billions.
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Slant Magazine
January 18, 2016 It's symptomatic of the one-man-show form of polemical exposé that's come to dominate, and deteriorate, documentary practice.
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New York Times
January 21, 2016 Even before a "do as I say, not as I do" twist costs it all credibility, "Prescription Thugs" is a not very good documentary about a very important subject.
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International Business Times
February 06, 2017 If you want to see a documentary about the director's life and how drugs affected him personally, then go see this film. If you're looking for something about what society can do to combat a problem that has turned into an epidemic, look the other way.
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Hollywood Reporter
December 10, 2015 An accessible look at an important topic: the medicine that ails us.
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Under the Radar
January 22, 2016 Immensely relatable and genuine as the face of the film, [Chris] Bell sheds tremendous light on America's dependence on prescription medication.
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Variety
January 20, 2016 Engaging and enraging but also, alas, consistently superficial, it's a hot-button work whose easily digested nonfiction methods will appeal to mainstream documentary audiences, even if they also leave viewers hungry for greater substance.
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Los Angeles Times
January 21, 2016 Despite his casual aura, the filmmaker is eloquent and thoughtful.
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Village Voice
January 19, 2016 It's unusually confessional and often moving, but Bell's film is unsatisfying as a piece of documentary journalism.
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Compuserve
January 19, 2016 An indictment of prescription drug overuse is limited by the relative absence of graphics and humor.
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The Patriot Ledger
February 02, 2016 You'll be hooked from the get-go. But like that elusive high, you're left wanting more.
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