Pain Hustlers

Den Einfluss von The Wolf of Wall Street gibt es immer noch. Pain Hustlers erzählt von einem weiteren unternehmerischen Erfolg nach wahren Begebenheiten, der nicht ganz legal war. Emily Blunt sieht in den schönen Kostümen gut aus, Andy Garcia als milliardenschwerer Boss ist herrlich. Der Film bewegt sich jedoch in Schablonen, es fehlt ihm eine einzigartige Regiehandschrift und obwohl er nicht langweilig ist, liegt sein Wert nur in der Erklärung des Medikamentenhandels vom Hersteller bis hin zur Bestechung von Ärzten, die sie sonst nicht verschreiben würden. Gier und Egoismus, die das Leben der Patienten zerstören. Nur die Figur von Emily Blunt hat Gewissensbisse und Mitgefühl. Und das ist alles. (28.10.2023)

To the doctor on my deathbed and to the pharmacy not even for vitamin C... A decent Netflix movie filmed at an unexpected Wolf of Wall Street pace about the rise of a start-up pharmaceutical company and how market greed kills. The acting trio of Emily Blunt, Chris Evans, Andy Garcia revels in every scene, but it's Blunt who takes her complicated motivations that elevates Pain Hustlers a notch higher. Captain America, on the other hand, is unexpectedly understated, though handles very well the asshole salesman role who knows that's just the way things works. A nice surprise, especially for routine artist David Yates, who needed redemption after the wizards. (02.11.2023)

I like these films, but it lacked more drive, a fiercer pace and better situational humour. Wall Street and Dumb Money are maybe a level or two up, but Pain Hustlers still has its bright moments. It terms of plot it follows a familiar template and goes sadly without surprises. Emily Blunt gets lucky with an interesting job and starts making some decent money, but a person can only on top for a while and classically things start to fall apart again and you kind of wait for it to end. There are a few deaf spots, unfortunately, but the insight into the corruption of the pharmaceutical industry was good. The trial turned out interesting and surprising to me and Emily Blunt stole it nicely for herself. 65%. (31.10.2023)