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The Opioid epidemic is currently ravaging the heartland of America, and "Shooting Heroin" explores what it looks like to be a small town affected by this terrible crisis. Filmed in the rust belt of Pennsylvania, this film offers heartbreaking realism of the lives ruined by this epidemic, but also shows a small town that fights back to take justice into their own hands.
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| The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckUnfortunately, despite all its good intentions, Shooting Heroin lacks the cinematic urgency to get its important message across. |
| VarietyOwen GleibermanWhen someone finally make that great drama about our national addictions, it will need to be a more complex horror film. This one is a little too much “Alien Invaders,” not enough “They Came From Within.” |
| Los Angeles TimesCarlos AguilarHeavy-handed messaging that mimics a morally didactic PSA drowns the proficiently shot movie in long tirades more noticeable for their vociferousness than for actually delving into any revealing specifics. |
