Hulu's 'Dopesick' tells the chilling story of America's opioid crisis
The new miniseries, adapted from journalist Beth Macy's critically acclaimed book, shows opioid addiction ravaging one rural Virginia town.
by Eric Deggans
Oct 14, 2021
2 minutes
In Hulu's Dopesick, Michael Keaton plays Sam Finnix as the kind of family doctor anyone would want taking care of them.
Folksy and smart, he cares enough to stop by an elderly patient's home after work to make sure she's taken her medication. He's still treating adults he delivered as babies in a small Virginia mining town.
But eventually, Finnix winds up in front of
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