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Matthew Broderick’s New Drama Will Make You Seethe With Rage

PAIN AND POWER

“Painkiller,” Netflix’s propulsive limited series about the opioid crisis in the U.S., stokes outrage in the best possible way.

Nick Schager
Nick Schager 

Entertainment Critic

A still of Matthew Broderick from the Netflix movie "Painkiller"
Keri Anderson / Netflix
Nick Schager

Nick Schager

Entertainment Critic

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