In this follow-up to his film BIGGER FASTER STRONGER, director Chris Bell turns his camera on the abuse of prescription drugs and, ultimately, himself. As Bell learns more about Big Pharma, an industry he had been brought up to trust, he falls down his own hole of addiction.... (Full plot summary below)
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In this follow-up to his film BIGGER FASTER STRONGER, director Chris Bell turns his camera on the abuse of prescription drugs and, ultimately, himself. As Bell learns more about Big Pharma, an industry he had been brought up to trust, he falls down his own hole of addiction.
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| International Business TimesMaria VultaggioIf you want to see a documentary about the director's life and how drugs affected him personally, then go see this film. If you're looking for something about what society can do to combat a problem that has turned into an epidemic, look the other way. |
| Los Angeles TimesMartin TsaiDespite [Bell's] casual aura, the filmmaker is eloquent and thoughtful. He argues that Big Pharma merely services consumer demand for quick fixes with "magic" pills, bringing his cautionary tale full circle. |
| The Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenThugs offers a damning summary of the FDA approval process as a closed loop in which one hand washes the other and crucial data can remain hidden. |
| Cinemalogue.comTodd Jorgenson... lacks focus and depth in several spots, but it touches on some important topics in a way that's both accessible and persuasive. |
| Eye for FilmAmber WilkinsonChris Bell's film may be a little cluttered and unwieldy but its personal slant has an intensity that is likely to make audiences think about the implications of twisting off a safety cap. |
| VarietyNick SchagerEngaging and enraging but also, alas, consistently superficial. |
| Slant MagazineClayton DillardIt's symptomatic of the one-man-show form of polemical exposé that's come to dominate, and deteriorate, documentary practice. |
| The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerEven before a “do as I say, not as I do” twist costs it all credibility, Prescription Thugs is a not very good documentary about a very important subject. |
| Village VoiceChris PackhamIt's unusually confessional and often moving, but Bell's film is unsatisfying as a piece of documentary journalism. |
| User ReviewScott SI just watched the Film today. I am in the Treatment business, have been in continuous sobriety for 31 years. This is crisis is a killer. And can be reversed and stopped. Way to go Chris. I am all in to support any way I can. |
