- Network: Netflix
- Series Premiere Date: Aug 10, 2023
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Mixed or average reviews- based on 13 Ratings
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Positive: 4 out of 13
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Mixed: 4 out of 13
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Negative: 5 out of 13
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Aug 10, 2023not enough movies, tv series nor books can be made detailing the scourge of deceitfulness the most disgusting family in american history has caused to this world. and hurr durrr the wokeness oh i think it means consequences that occur in society for ones actions the thin skinned but hurt is next level
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Aug 11, 2023Awesome insight to the dark world, very good directed and deeply tragic stories. 10 of 10
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Aug 11, 2023Highly effective filmmaking all around, leveraging some familiar faces as villains. The writing, performances and Peter Berg's direction make for addictive viewing. Strong on style, but for the first couple of episodes at least, it's less tongue in cheek than tongue in teeth.
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There are times that Painkiller feels like a cover version of the more atmospheric Dopesick. Nevertheless, it’s thought-provoking, with strong performances (especially from Aduba) and a firm narrative grip on a catastrophe that never stops sounding a grim, shrill alarm.
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Glib, garish, and ham-fisted. .... Each episode of Painkiller opens with a real person explaining that, while the events in the show have been fictionalized, opioids’ effects on their own lives have been genuinely tragic. They hold up photos of their dead children. Some of them cry. This only manages to make the rest of the show seem even more grotesque.
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Fictionalized takes on true stories are a plague. And this overkill of a series starring Matthew Broderick as a Big Pharma drug dealer exaggerates like hell for dramatic purposes. What feels real is the rage over the ongoing opioid crisis.