Pain Hustlers

Matt Roush says...

“Own your territory!” is the mantra for the pharmaceutical sales vultures portrayed in this vivid cautionary tale of big business, greed and desperation. We can’t promise a comeuppance quite as stark as that portrayed in The Fall of the House of Usher, but this film has a far more sympathetic center in Emily Blunt, starring as struggling single mom Liza Drake, unemployed with a sick daughter (Chloe Coleman). She’s offered a path to quick riches by a slick sales rep (Chris Evans) who embroils her in a racketeering scheme overseen by their volatile boss (Andy Garcia). It won’t be long before Liza begins to rethink her moral choices, but will it be too late?

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