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Crisis

2021

Nicholas Jarecki

Gary Oldman, Armie Hammer, Evangeline Lilly, Greg Kinnear ...

5.6

860

Thriller. Drama Three stories about the world of opioids collide: a drug trafficker arranges a multi-cartel Fentanyl smuggling operation between Canada and the U.S., an architect recovering from an OxyContin addiction tracks down the truth behind her son's involvement with narcotics, and a university professor battles unexpected revelations about his research employer, a drug company with deep government influence bringing a new "non-addictive" painkiller to market. [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Peter Debruge Variety	"It’s compelling, relevant filmmaking designed to cover all aspects of this ever-escalating national-health issue (...) Jarecki’s tendency to streamline subplots doesn’t make 'Crisis' any less engaging·"	POS
United States	John DeFore The Hollywood Reporter	"Sprawling and serious but not nearly as involving as it should be, the pic (...) none of the storylines offers a surprise or tells us anything we don't already know"	NEU
United States	Chuck Bowen Slant	"Crisis shortchanges the human elements of its stories—in other words the drama—for drug stats that can be Googled in a matter of seconds (...) Rating: ★½ (out of 4)"	NEG
United States	Kate Erbland IndieWire	"Jarecki attempts to weave together a star-packed, multi-pronged narrative to shine a light on the nation-spanning opioid crisis, but emerges with only a muddled, curiously restrained final product."	NEU
United States	Michael Ordoña Los Angeles Times	"Whatever its goals, the filmmaking is uninspired. It’s heavily reliant on clichés, especially in its use of score, the lone-wolf cop and familiar devices to build tension."	NEG
United States	Ben Kenigsberg The New York Times	"The issues — from addiction itself to the flawed incentives at institutions that might prevent it — demand a more expansive treatment. (...) The film is well-paced but often strains credulity."	NEU
United States	Michael O'Sullivan The Washington Post	"Between the skeletons in characters’ closets and the ghosts of movie cliches past, present and future, 'Crisis' is something of a horror film, and not in a good way (...) Rating: ★½ (out of 5)"	NEG
United States	Dan Mecca The Film Stage	"There is an honest bleakness to Jarecki’s tale that certainly matches the tragedy of the real-life opioid crisis, though all of it feels surface level (...) There’s plenty to admire in Crisis, just not enough to recommend."	NEU
United States	Kevin Jagernauth The Playlist	"The film is bad, Hammer’s performance is forgettable, and there isn’t any kind of reading you can apply to the material that will shed anything close to a meaningful revelation"	NEG

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