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Addiction
EMAILPRINTMOVIE: HBO, Thursday 3/15 at 9:00p (90 minutes)
Generally favorable reviews
Based on 12 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 2 votes
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Show Info
Genre(s): Documentary
First Air Date: March 15, 2007
Summary
Part of HBO's multi-pronged effort to highlight substance abuse in America, this feature-length documentary is composed of nine short films dealing with the causes, costs, and treatments of drug and alcohol addicition.
Also On The Web: Official Show Site
What The Critics Said
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Kansas City StarAaron Barnhart
An example of the pay cable channel at its finest.
Read Full Review >The New RepublicSacha Zimmerman
"Addiction" does not make the viewer a voyeur, but rather a participant in the need for more and better solutions.
Read Full Review >SalonHeather Havrilesky
This enlightening series clearly has an agenda: to help addicts and their families set aside the guilt and anger associated with addiction long enough to do the concrete work of thoroughly treating the disease.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles TimesRobert Lloyd
The closer you are to living with an addict or an addiction, the more essential you'll find this viewing, obviously, but the less personally involved will still find much of scientific and human interest.
Read Full Review >Seattle Post-IntelligencerMelanie McFarland
In taking an illuminative approach, HBO gives audiences a comprehensive series that covers an impressive amount of ground.
Read Full Review >VarietyBrian Lowry
The overall approach, though, inevitably yields a series of individual images as opposed to a cohesive perspective, relying upon various directors to capture the sometimes harrowing, sometimes heartbreaking scope of the problem.
Read Full Review >The New York TimesVirginia Heffernan
The film is bereft of feel-good scenes and drug-movie clichés.
Read Full Review >Boston GlobeJoanna Weiss
This is less a documentary project than a comprehensive self-help workshop.... As drama, however, it's a little bit relentless.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this show is 5.0 (out of 10) based on 2 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Emily M gave it a0:
I was a user. I am not powerless to any drug. I got clean with out phych meds. the numbers they show for people beomming clean are so discuragings, I used the 12 step approach but it failed I am not powerless of any drug and not a victiom nor do I have a deasie. I got high because I wanted to because I had NO confront. I got clean in a non tradition 100% drug free rehab, and have been for over a year. I think the program give people a reason to continue using and gives them reason to relapse because it shows that there is no hope unless you substitute one drug for another, and still relapse can occure. This may just be my view point but I feel as though I am NOT alone.
