Blunt 'the only reason to watch this'

Pain Hustlers review: Emily Blunt is 'the only reason to watch this' Netflix Pain Hustlers, a drama about the opioid epidemic, is "too worried about being a downer to be convincing", writes Caryn James as the film premieres at the Toronto International Film Festival. Don't confuse the recent Painkiller, an earnest Netflix series about a fictionalised pharmaceutical company and the opioid epidemic, with the new Netflix film Pain Hustlers, which has a similar story about a different fictionalised company and a tone that goes for entertaining long before it turns earnest too. And while Pain Hustlers is a perfectly fine title, the film probably should have been called Liza Drake, the name of the sales rep played by Emily Blunt, who single-handedly almost saves this tone-deaf drama from itself. Pain Hustlers Director: David Yates Cast: Emily Blunt, Chris Evans, Andy Garcia, Catherine O'Hara Run-time: 2hrs 2m Release date: 20 October The film's biggest problem is that Liza's success seems unconnected to the deadly product she sells until very near the end.