Painkillers fingerprintStrong craft, emotionally cool.
Tense
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Melancholic and moving
Some dark humor
Not a comedy at heart.
The mind and everyday modern life
Standout characters
Functional look and sound
Tense
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Painkillers is tense. The story builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Melancholic and moving
Emotionally, it's melancholic and moving.
Some dark humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Expect some dark humor.
The mind and everyday modern life
Its world is built around the mind and everyday modern life.
Standout characters
The characters stand out.
Functional look and sound
The look and sound stay functional.
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Painkillers is included with a subscription to Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, and Amazon Prime Video with Ads in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on Hoopla, Fandango at Home Free, and Amazon Prime Video Free with Ads. You can also rent or buy it from Amazon Video and Fandango At Home. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Opinions are mixed, with a GoodWatch score of 52/100 (IMDb 4.2, Rotten Tomatoes 60%, and Metacritic 50). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
Content advisories: violence, drug use, and disturbing imagery.
1 h 23 min
Painkillers runs 1 h 23 min.
Yes. Critics average 55 and audiences 55 out of 100, so both groups see Painkillers much the same way.
It was made in English, with some Dutch. Produced in Belgium.
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