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Dr. Feelgood: Dealer or Healer?

2016

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Gravitas Ventures | Release Date: December 30, 2016 | Not Rated

Summary: Dr. William Hurwitz was a preeminent doctor sentenced to 25 years in prison for overprescribing painkillers. His story provides a window into the ethical dilemma of opioid prescriptions. Painkillers give doctors tremendous power to relieve pain, a primary goal of any physician, but this power begets trouble when the same drugs can lead toDr. William Hurwitz was a preeminent doctor sentenced to 25 years in prison for overprescribing painkillers. His story provides a window into the ethical dilemma of opioid prescriptions. Painkillers give doctors tremendous power to relieve pain, a primary goal of any physician, but this power begets trouble when the same drugs can lead to addiction, abuse and death.… Expand

Director: Eve Marson Singbiel

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 81 min

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Variety

Dennis Harvey

Dec 30, 2016

Marson’s lively narrative employs a lot of diverse voices as well as a surprising amount of archival footage in telling a story that’s ethically complex yet easy to follow. Read full review

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Village Voice

Craig D. Lindsey

Dec 30, 2016

Director/producer Eve Marson doesn't characterize Hurwitz as devious or nefarious. Instead, she presents him as a naïve, way-too-trusting schnook — an even more troubling diagnosis. Read full review

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The Hollywood Reporter

Frank Scheck

Dec 30, 2016

The documentary raises important and substantial questions about an issue that has only become increasingly relevant in recent years. Read full review

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The Film Stage Jared Mobarak

Dec 30, 2016

Credit is due to Marson for staying objective in how she tells Hurwitz’s story so it can transcend his individual experience within this complicated landscape. Read full review

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The New York Times

Jeannette Catsoulis

Dec 30, 2016

Embracing a structure that implicitly acknowledges the complexity of the issue, Ms. Marson nevertheless contributes to the film’s general fuzziness by failing to clarify the legal and moral guidelines that govern these kinds of prescriptions. Read full review

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