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Body Brokers

2021

John Swab

Frank Grillo, Melissa Leo, Michael K. Williams, Jessica Rothe ...

5.6

507

Thriller 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 ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Peter Debruge Variety	"John Swab survived drug addiction to share this shocking exposé of how opportunists are exploiting a loophole in recovery programs."	POS
United States	Peter Sobczynski rogerebert.com	"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)"	NEU
United States	Richard Roeper Chicago Sun-Times	"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)"	POS
United Kingdom	Phil Hoad The Guardian	"Given the originality of Swab’s take, it’s a shame he couldn’t find the film a more appropriate style (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United States	Noel Murray Los Angeles Times	"The plot here is too plain, but the details are vivid and the outrage palpable"	NEU

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