Addiction (2007)
Home Box Office (HBO)

Description

The feature length documentary film Addiction brings together the nation's leading experts on drug and alcohol addiction with a collection of award-winning filmmakers to shed light on addiction, its causes and the latest and most prominent developments in treatments. Its focus is on case studies and new medical treatments. A supplementary series of 13 short films delves deeper into the various dimensions of addiction.

Collected reviews and ratings

10 digitallyobsessed.com | Rich Rosell

If you or someone you know has endured the struggles of addiction, this HBO doc will be particularly relevant.
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9.0 Amazon user reviews

This is a long overdue documentary. It's phenomenal in that it covers almost every aspect of addiction there is including the ER perspective and the challenges with health insurance.
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8.0 Wall Street Journal | Dorothy Rabinowitz

Most instructive of all, though, are the addicts, young and old, who appear on screen to speak of lives they could no longer tolerate because they were controlled by drugs.
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8.0 Washington Post

The documentary follows people in the grips of addictions, skillfully weaving in the brief insights of numerous health experts. And most compellingly, the addicts' stories take center stage.
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8.0 Variety | Brian Lowry

Given that expansive commitment, whatever the documentary's shortcomings, it's hard to do anything but applaud HBO's ambitions and desire to tackle such an elaborate educational campaign.
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6.7 The Onion A.V. Club | Nathan Rabin

In segment after segment, the heartrending drama of addiction is written indelibly in the lined faces of subjects who stare down demons from their past as they head into uncertain, relapse-prone futures.
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