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Body Brokers

Play trailer 2:19 Poster for Body Brokers R 2021 1h 53m Crime Drama Mystery & Thriller Play Trailer Watchlist
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Utah and Opal are junkies living on the streets of rural Ohio until a seemingly chance encounter with the enigmatic Wood (Michael Kenneth Williams) brings them to Los Angeles for treatment. While Utah finds sobriety with the help of the treatment center shrink (Academy Award®-Winner Melissa Leo), he soon learns that rehab is not about helping people—it’s merely a cover scheme for a multibillion dollar fraud operation, enlisting addicts to recruit other addicts. Seduced by the money, but troubled by the hypocrisy, Utah must decide between what will make him rich, and what will save Opal.

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Body Brokers attempts an ambitious juggling act between genre thrills and a serious social message -- and unfortunately fumbles a little too often to really pull it off.

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Phil Hoad Guardian 03/01/2021
3/5
Given the originality of Swab's take, it's a shame he couldn't find the film a more appropriate style: at heart it is a more sober film intent on declaring its outrage. Go to Full Review Peter Debruge Variety 02/20/2021
An entertaining and eye-opening insider's take on the treatment racket. Go to Full Review Richard Roeper Chicago Sun-Times 02/20/2021
3/4
An explosion of stylish crime... Go to Full Review Joanne Laurier World Socialist Web Site 07/01/2022
“This is a film about where capitalism fails addicts,” Swab comments. Of course, mass drug addiction is already an expression of capitalism’s massive failure and growing crisis. In any case, Body Brokers shines a light on one of its many graveyards. Go to Full Review Josh Parham Next Best Picture 06/05/2022
4/10
The banal filmmaking doesn't aid in the dragging pace, nor does the superficial screenplay find any real inventive means to comment on its empty themes. Go to Full Review Daniel Gorman In Review Online 06/06/2021
The film rallies for a bracing finale, but despite the bold ending, Body Brokers never manages to rise above being a noble failure. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Stoner J. @Stoner Apr 11 Typical John Swab flick. Mediocre as it is, it’s probably his best film, next to Candy Land See more Clean U @RT70774117 03/15/2025 That sounds a really good movie!. And it opens your eyes to how much of a scam the insurance companies really are. See more Don J @RT83956876 10/17/2023 Now I understand why the insurance costs skyrocketed after Obamacare. See more jed i @RT01296269 11/28/2021 5.7/10 — "Mediocre"/"Passable" -(Seen on 11/27/21) See more Jeffrey P @vanillavoodoo1 10/17/2021 Hits the nail on the head about the problem within the treatment facilities and programs and how not everyone on the clean & sober' side of the fence is what they seem. See more 10/05/2021 Loved this movie 4.5. Freakin opal is a bad girl . The never ending cycle man. It’s eerie watching this after the way Michael Williams died. It’s like this movie continued on in real life See more Read all reviews
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John Swab

Director

Jack Kilmer

Utah

Frank Grillo

Vin

Melissa Leo

Dr. White

Michael Kenneth Williams

Wood

Jessica Rothe

May

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Synopsis Utah and Opal are junkies living on the streets of rural Ohio until a seemingly chance encounter with the enigmatic Wood (Michael Kenneth Williams) brings them to Los Angeles for treatment. While Utah finds sobriety with the help of the treatment center shrink (Academy Award®-Winner Melissa Leo), he soon learns that rehab is not about helping people—it’s merely a cover scheme for a multibillion dollar fraud operation, enlisting addicts to recruit other addicts. Seduced by the money, but troubled by the hypocrisy, Utah must decide between what will make him rich, and what will save Opal.
Director
John Swab
Producer
Robert Ogden Barnum, Oliver Ridge, Jeremy M. Rosen, John Swab
Screenwriter
John Swab
Distributor
Vertical Entertainment
Production Co
One Two Twenty Entertainment, Roxwell Films, Voltage Pictures, Particular Crowd, BondIt Media Capital, Blood Moon Creative
Rating
R (Some Sexual Content|Pervasive Language|Strong Drug Content)
Genre
Crime, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Feb 19, 2021, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Feb 19, 2021
Runtime
1h 53m