Review of Painkiller

Painkiller (2023)
4/10
What a ludicrous series
19 August 2023
The opening true stories in each episode from family members lost in this terrible chapter of medical history is heartbreaking, but it is right down the toilet from there. My spouse and I could only stomach two episodes. The idea that one all-knowing person, who appears to be a low level government investigator, knows the whole story of the dispicable Sacklers is idiotic. The frequent appearance of Arthur Sackler's ghost is bizarre. I was a family physician for 40 years and never saw a single drug company rep that resembled the characters of Britt or Shannon.

How could Matthew Broderick lower himself to be in this farce? As others have said, if you want to see a somewhat legitimate story of the disgraceful Sacklers, and all the years of work it took to bring them to some semblance of justice, watch Dopesick.
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