America! Built on a better pill. Karly Hert has spent the last ten years selling drugs. Legally, that is. Karly is a pharmaceutical sales representative. She sells pills to doctors. She makes lots of money. She has a company car. She has a nice fat expense account. But there's a growing pit in Karly's stomach. Something isn't right behind the scenes at big pharma. Based on the director's decade working directly for the industry.
Writing
Director's insider pharma experience bleeds through every detail.
Acting
Heigl's corporate descent feels uncomfortably lived-in.
Director
Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau spent ten years as an actual Pfizer rep; every cringe-worthy detail of the sales tactics, the doctor relationships, and the moral numbness comes from direct experience.
Released in 2005, it predates the opioid crisis mainstream reckoning by years—making it either prescient or ignored evidence, depending on your cynicism level.
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