Body Brokers

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Original title: Body Brokers
Year: 2021
Running time: 111 min.
Country: United States
Director: John Swab
Screenwriter: John Swab
Music: Christopher Keating
Cinematography: Matt Clegg
Cast: Frank Grillo, Melissa Leo, Michael Kenneth Williams, Jessica Rothe, Alice Englert, Peter Greene, Thomas Dekker, Jack Kilmer, Owen Campbell, Billy Blair, Renée Willett, Sam Quartin, Ben Hall, Doug Van Liew, Pam Dougherty, James Whitecloud, Virginia Rand
Producer: Roxwell Films, Blood Moon Creative, BondIt, One Two Twenty Entertainment, Voltage Pictures, Particular Crowd
Genre: Thriller | Crime
Synopsis / Plot: Utah (Jack Kilmer) and Opal (Alice Englert) are junkies living on the streets of rural Ohio until a seemingly chance encounter with the enigmatic Wood (Michael Kenneth Williams) brings them to Los Angeles for drug treatment. Utah appears to find sobriety with the help of treatment center shrink, Dr. White (Melissa Leo), and tech turned love interest, May (Jessica Rothe). They soon learn that drug treatment is but a cover for a predatory business, enlisting addicts to recruit other addicts. Utah is no exception. Wood and his drug treatment mogul partner, Vin (Frank Grillo), take Utah under their wing, introducing him to the good life, though Utah's addiction remains his biggest obstacle.

Critics' reviews

"John Swab survived drug addiction to share this shocking exposé of how opportunists are exploiting a loophole in recovery programs."

Peter Debruge: Variety
"This is the kind of muckraking thriller that Steven Soderbergh could do in his sleep (...) While the premise here is interesting enough, our hero is decidedly less so (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"

Peter Sobczynski: rogerebert.com
"John Swab is clearly influenced by films such as the “The Big Short” and his grasp sometimes exceeds his reach (...) but 'Body Brokers' keeps us in its grips throughout (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"

Richard Roeper: Chicago Sun-Times
"The plot here is too plain, but the details are vivid and the outrage palpable"

Noel Murray: Los Angeles Times

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