Prescription Thugs 2015 Watch Free in HD

In this documentary, director Chris Bell turns his camera on the abuse of prescription drugs and, ultimately, himself. It's his hard hitting and thought provoking expose of Big Pharma, its marketing practices and their impact on the staggering level of addiction to prescription drugs in North America.

Genre:

Documentary

Actors:

Jeff Hatch, Chris Leben, Matthew Wiese

Director:

Chris Bell, Josh Alexander

Country:

United States

Release:

2015

IMDb:

6.9

Quality:

Duration:

86 min

Variety

Engaging and enraging but also, alas, consistently superficial, it's a hot-button work whose easily digested nonfiction methods will appeal to mainstream documentary audiences, even if they also leave viewers hungry for greater substance.

January 20, 2016

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Slant Magazine

It's symptomatic of the one-man-show form of polemical exposé that's come to dominate, and deteriorate, documentary practice.

January 18, 2016

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The Patriot Ledger

You'll be hooked from the get-go. But like that elusive high, you're left wanting more.

February 02, 2016

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New York Times

Even 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.

January 21, 2016

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Compuserve

An indictment of prescription drug overuse is limited by the relative absence of graphics and humor.

January 19, 2016

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International Business Times

If 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.

February 06, 2017

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Under the Radar

Immensely relatable and genuine as the face of the film, [Chris] Bell sheds tremendous light on America's dependence on prescription medication.

January 22, 2016

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Village Voice

It's unusually confessional and often moving, but Bell's film is unsatisfying as a piece of documentary journalism.

January 19, 2016

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Hollywood Reporter

An accessible look at an important topic: the medicine that ails us.

December 10, 2015

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WBAI Radio

Bell takes it personally as well as publicly with the tragic death of his own brother. And what exactly is going down with the deadly prescription drug epidemic, and pharmaceutical corporations in league with doctors and drugstores raking in billions.

January 22, 2016

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Los Angeles Times

Despite his casual aura, the filmmaker is eloquent and thoughtful.

January 21, 2016

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