Painkiller (Netflix) - EP: Berg, S: Broderick, Kitsch, Aduba - premieres 8/10/23
08-08-23, 06:46 AM
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Painkiller (Netflix) - EP: Berg, S: Broderick, Kitsch, Aduba - premieres 8/10/23
Painkiller, a fictionalized telling of real events, explores some of the origins and aftermath of the opioid crisis in America, highlighting the stories of perpetrators, victims, and truth-seekers whose lives are forever altered by the invention of OxyContin. Painkiller, premieres August 10.
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Dina Shihabi as Britt
· John Rothman as Mortimer Sackler
· Matthew Broderick as Richard Sackler
· Taylor Kitsch as Glen Kryger
· Uzo Aduba as Edie
· West Duchovny as Shannon
CREW INFORMATION:
· Alex Gibney as EP
· Barry Meier as BOOK/CP
· Eric Newman as EP
· Micah Fitzerman-Blue as CRTR/EP
· Noah Harpster as CRTR/EP
· Patrick Radden Keefe as BOOK/CONS
· Peter Berg as DIR/EP
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Dina Shihabi as Britt
· John Rothman as Mortimer Sackler
· Matthew Broderick as Richard Sackler
· Taylor Kitsch as Glen Kryger
· Uzo Aduba as Edie
· West Duchovny as Shannon
CREW INFORMATION:
· Alex Gibney as EP
· Barry Meier as BOOK/CP
· Eric Newman as EP
· Micah Fitzerman-Blue as CRTR/EP
· Noah Harpster as CRTR/EP
· Patrick Radden Keefe as BOOK/CONS
· Peter Berg as DIR/EP
08-13-23, 08:47 PM
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Re: Painkiller (Netflix) - EP: Berg, S: Broderick, Kitsch, Aduba - premieres 8/10/23
Damn, Berg hit this one out of the park. I'm only 3 episodes in and it's brutal.
And I must confess I thought Uzo Aduba was Oprah WInfrey.
And I must confess I thought Uzo Aduba was Oprah WInfrey.
08-15-23, 12:43 PM
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Re: Painkiller (Netflix) - EP: Berg, S: Broderick, Kitsch, Aduba - premieres 8/10/23
The reviews aren't very good for this, and if this isn't presenting anything different than Dopesick (still undetermined) - not sure this will be worth watching.
08-15-23, 04:59 PM
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Re: Painkiller (Netflix) - EP: Berg, S: Broderick, Kitsch, Aduba - premieres 8/10/23
Dopesick has very high reviews. This one very low. I'm on episode 3 and it's cringy but I can't stop watching now. But it's a fiction movie with some facts whereas I think people were expecting a documentary. But I'll watch anything Crazy Eyes is in.
That scene where they do the
was all sorts of cringe.
That scene where they do the
Spoiler:
was all sorts of cringe.
08-15-23, 05:02 PM
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Re: Painkiller (Netflix) - EP: Berg, S: Broderick, Kitsch, Aduba - premieres 8/10/23
Dopesick is fantastic.
If you want to watch something on Netflix about the opioid crisis, watch the docuseries The Pharmacist.
If you want to watch something on Netflix about the opioid crisis, watch the docuseries The Pharmacist.
08-15-23, 05:21 PM
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Re: Painkiller (Netflix) - EP: Berg, S: Broderick, Kitsch, Aduba - premieres 8/10/23
I'll watch those two next.
I honestly don't see the need of having made Painkiller when there's other better stuff already made.
I honestly don't see the need of having made Painkiller when there's other better stuff already made.
09-05-23, 07:14 PM
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Re: Painkiller (Netflix) - EP: Berg, S: Broderick, Kitsch, Aduba - premieres 8/10/23
This was good, but I have a feeling there are more fictional scenes than factual ones. Even if the scenes were suppose to be a metaphor (like the Curtis Wright pool scenes / cheerleader segment).
Uzo Aduba does deserve an Emmy though. Great range on her performance.
Uzo Aduba does deserve an Emmy though. Great range on her performance.
