The Pharmacist
2020 · Miniseries · TV-MA · 217 min · ★ 7.4 · 81% critics
After a devastating loss, a small-town pharmacist in Louisiana refuses to accept easy answers and starts digging for accountability. His search grows into a wider fight, uncovering how negligence and corruption helped fuel the opioid addiction crisis and harm countless families.
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Streaming on Netflix.
4 hours to watch · 4 episodes.
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Details
- Years
- 2020
- Release date
- 2020-02-05
- Network
- Netflix
- Language
- English
- Rated
- TV-MA
- Runtime
- 217 min
- Max quality
- UHD
- Critic score
- 81/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.4/10 (58 votes)
About
If you like true-crime docs about ordinary people pushing for justice and exposing systemic failures, this is a strong pick, especially if you enjoyed The Keepers or The Innocence Files; Not for you if you want a fast, tightly paced watch.
Pros: gripping real-life crusade; eye-opening opioid fallout; emotionally powerful | Cons: slow and repetitive; heavy-handed tone; could be shorter
Themes
- miniseries
- true crime
- social documentary
Cast & crew
- DS
Dan Schneider
as Self - Pharmacist
Directed by Jenner Furst, Julia Willoughby Nason
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