Despite [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.
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Village VoiceChris Packham
Village VoiceChris Packham
It's unusually confessional and often moving, but Bell's film is unsatisfying as a piece of documentary journalism.
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.
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Slant MagazineClayton Dillard
Slant MagazineClayton Dillard
It's symptomatic of the one-man-show form of polemical exposé that's come to dominate, and deteriorate, documentary practice.