Pain Hustlers
Netflix | Release Date: October 20, 2023 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
44
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 34 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
25
Negative:
4
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38
The AtlanticShirley LiOct 27, 2023
The result is a tasteless endeavor that transforms the prescription-drug crisis into a flashy cartoon—a purported dissection of a broken system that takes too lighthearted a tone. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineChris BarsantiOct 26, 2023
The excitement that the film tries to generate for its main characters is disturbingly glib. Read full review
25
Paste MagazineAbby OlceseOct 27, 2023
There’s not anything in Pain Hustlers that’s worth your valuable time. Better-told versions of its story abound. More thoughtful takes on the opioid industry and the harm it causes everyday people are plentiful. Read full review
20
VarietyPeter DebrugeSep 11, 2023
Pain Hustlers takes an off-putting mock-documentary approach to this tragedy, focusing on a handful of sleazebag salespeople who bent the rules to incentivize doctors to prescribe Lonafin (the film’s fictional Subsys substitute) first for treating cancer pain, and later for conditions as mild as migraines. Read full review
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