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The Crime of the Century (TV Miniseries)

The Crime of the Century

2021

Alex Gibney

Documentary

7.2

595

TV Series. Documentary A searing indictment of Big Pharma and the political operatives and government regulations that enable over-production, reckless distribution and abuse of synthetic opiates.

	Author	Review
United States	Owen Gleiberman Variety	"A full-scale vision of how America, addicted to pain relief, embraced the corruption of legalized drug pushing."	POS
United Kingdom	Fionnuala Halligan Screendaily	"[It] cuts through to the heart of the crisis in a very clear, direct manner to prosecute a queasily compelling case"	POS
United States	Saloni Gajjar AV Club	"[It] packs an incredible amount of striking, heartbreaking information (...) A powerful and edifying watch."	POS
United States	Daniel Fienberg The Hollywood Reporter	"The opioid crisis isn’t over, so Gibney isn’t exactly late to the party, but there’s no question that the pizza with the freshest toppings has been gone for a while."	NEU
United States	Nick Allen rogerebert.com	"Like with gangster movies, it becomes compelling as a fully immersed study of this evil (...) At its best, Gibney's documentary can display a great ability to rip back the curtain on these companies (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	John Anderson The Wall Street Journal	"The cinema is as exhilarating as the journalism is exhaustive. Still, the style remains in service to the story"	POS
United States	Meghan O'Keefe Decider	"The most powerful moments in 'The Crime of the Century' come from the stories of people caught up in the tsunami of hurt the opioid epidemic created"	POS
United States	Brian Lowry CNN	"[It] lays bare who cashed in from the opioid epidemic"	POS

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