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Viewers are full of praise for Netflix’s new number one movie, with many comparing it to The Wolf of Wall Street – saying anyone who doesn’t enjoy it ‘hates having fun’.
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Starring Emily Blunt and Chris Evans, Pain Hustlers follows a single mum’s journey into the ‘complicated dynamics of a failing pharmaceutical start-up', as she desperately tries to build a better life for her and her daughter.
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Things grow difficult when she learns the company she’s joined is tangled up in a racketeering scam, meaning her role becomes a lot more dangerous than she bargained for.
A synopsis from Netflix says: “Dreaming of a better life for her and her young daughter, Liza (Emily Blunt) lands a job from Pete (Chris Evans) at a failing pharma start-up, where Liza’s charm, drive, and guts catapult her into the high life and the company into the center of a criminal conspiracy with dire consequences.”
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Since premiering on the streaming site on Friday 27 October, the film has shot to the top of Netflix’s Top 10 – with many viewers comparing it to a certain 2013 black comedy, which lifted the lid on the dark side of another notorious corporate world.
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One person tweeted: “Pain Hustlers was good and enjoyable and everyone who denies it hates having fun.”
Another wrote: “Pain Hustlers is such a good, relevant film. I highly recommend it.”
Someone else said: “Stop whatever you’re doing and go watch Pain Hustlers on Netflix. It’s like a slightly saner version of Wolf of Wall Street.”
A fourth also commented: “Pain Hustlers; it’s like Wolf of Wall Street meets opoid.”
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A fifth added: “If you want goosebumps and tears from a movie, I recommend this. Very much reminding me of Wolf of Wall Street. But more touching as all the news in the last few years spring to mind suddenly. Wow.”
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The new pharmaceutical drama comes from BAFTA Award-winning filmmaker, David Yates.
Discussing the central role of Liza to Netflix fan site Tudum, he said: “Her superpower is that she understands people, and she’s a bit of a dreamer.
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“She’s also hugely ambitious, and what she’s really looking for, ultimately, I think, is validation and acceptance.”
As for Chris Evans' Pete Brenner, Yates added: “Everything in Pete’s life is transactional.
“It’s all about the sale. He doesn’t really have any deep connections with anyone beyond that notion of hitting the right numbers. So there’s a superficiality to him, but equally there’s a vulnerability to him. He’s also very entertaining because he’s completely unfiltered — loud, brash, profane.”
Watch Pain Hustlers on Netflix now.
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