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  • 2021
  • R
  • Vertical Entertainment
  • 1 h 51 m
  • 2021
  • R
  • Vertical Entertainment
  • 1 h 51 m

Summary 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 l...

Directed By: John Swab

  • 2021
  • R
  • Vertical Entertainment
  • 1 h 51 m
  • 2021
  • R
  • Vertical Entertainment
  • 1 h 51 m

Body Brokers

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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User Score Mixed or Average Based on 7 User Ratings
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Summary 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 l...

Directed By: John Swab

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75
Feb 19, 2021
Writer-director John Swab is clearly influenced by films such as the The Big Short and his grasp sometimes exceeds his reach as he indulges in a few too many stylized touches and meandering subplots, but Body Brokers keeps us in its grips throughout.
By Richard Roeper FULL REVIEW
70
Mar 22, 2021
A self-described former junkie who experienced the dirty side of going clean firsthand, writer-director John Swab delivers an entertaining and eye-opening insider’s take on the treatment racket.
By Peter Debruge FULL REVIEW
63
Feb 19, 2021
Body Brokers was clearly made with good intentions, but while it might still fill you with anger towards the predatory aspects of the rehabilitation industry, you'll also be upset that the script is not nearly as great as it could have been.
By Peter Sobczynski FULL REVIEW
63
Feb 17, 2021
Writer-director John Swab (“Run With the Hunted”) delivers a B-movie with few surprises but plenty of good, solid punches at a mess that didn’t fix a problem, it just allowed a fresh field of predators to profit from it.
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW
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Mar 1, 2021
Emblazoned with mouthy Big Short-style info-dumps, and with a phone-selling scene reminiscent of The Wolf of Wall Street, Body Brokers outwardly seems to be aiming for high Scorsesian amoral operatics. But given the originality of Swab’s take, it’s a shame he couldn’t find the film a more appropriate style: at heart it is a more sober film intent on declaring its outrage.
By Phil Hoad FULL REVIEW
60
Feb 18, 2021
The plot here is too plain, but the details are vivid and the outrage palpable. If nothing else, this movie is one hell of an education.
By Noel Murray FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Roxwell Films, Blood Moon Creative, BondIt Media Capital, One Two Twenty Entertainment, Voltage Pictures, Particular Crowd
Release Date Feb 19, 2021
Duration 1 h 51 m
Rating R
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