Just not sure where to go with this film. If the film is asking for sympathy - I have none. I know exactly what I am putting into my body. I ask the doctors what I'm getting and why I'm getting it. I've done that all my adult life and I would expect others to do the same thing.
From a narrative point of view the story switches time frames, personal view points and subject matter rather frequently and abruptly - this is not a documentary to watch piecemeal but rather all at once.
In so far as the oxycontin subject matter, there is no mention of the government or the FDA. While the Sacklers bear some responsibility, where is the admonishment for the Govt? The FDA? The prescribing Dr? Didn't those doctors warn the patients about this drug? Is there not a warning label by the pharmacy explaining the addictive properties? Where was discussion concerning lawsuits against the Doctors (hint: I didn't hear any. Why? Because doctors would simply quit their jobs and we'd have socialized medicine in this country now.) The protagonists of this film, chose to go after the big dollars rather than the people that also benefitted: the gov't in the millions of tax dollars that were generated; the doctors who had their patients coming back for more of the drug and when they couldn't get from him, they took to the streets. There are a lot of unanswered questions for a documentary that is 122 minutes long.
From a narrative point of view the story switches time frames, personal view points and subject matter rather frequently and abruptly - this is not a documentary to watch piecemeal but rather all at once.
In so far as the oxycontin subject matter, there is no mention of the government or the FDA. While the Sacklers bear some responsibility, where is the admonishment for the Govt? The FDA? The prescribing Dr? Didn't those doctors warn the patients about this drug? Is there not a warning label by the pharmacy explaining the addictive properties? Where was discussion concerning lawsuits against the Doctors (hint: I didn't hear any. Why? Because doctors would simply quit their jobs and we'd have socialized medicine in this country now.) The protagonists of this film, chose to go after the big dollars rather than the people that also benefitted: the gov't in the millions of tax dollars that were generated; the doctors who had their patients coming back for more of the drug and when they couldn't get from him, they took to the streets. There are a lot of unanswered questions for a documentary that is 122 minutes long.