Pay or Die

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Pay or Die

2023

1h 15m

Documentary

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Today, nearly 2 million Americans are being held for ransom. Without insulin, they'll be dead in days. PAY OR DIE follows 3 families on the receiving end of these ransom notes, revealing the harrowing reality of life with chronic illness in the richest country in the world. From a mother-and-daughter struggling to rebuild their lives after losing their home when they had to spend their rent money on insulin, to a young adult diagnosed with type 1 diabetes during the COVID-19 pandemic, to a Minnesota family thrust into the national spotlight when their 26-year-old son dies from rationing his insulin, PAY OR DIE lays bare the human cost of America's insulin affordability crisis.

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Frank Scheck

The Hollywood Reporter

03/12/2023

Bluntly if appropriately titled, Pay or Die serves as an infuriating reminder of the economic and social injustice permeating our system...

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Mark Dujsik

Mark Reviews Movies

11/01/2023

2.5/4

Pay or Die seems to be scratching only the surface of its subject...

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Avi Offer

NYC Movie Guru

10/30/2023

Enraging, eye-opening and heartfelt.

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

05/01/2023

B

The filmmakers call out the drug companies for being greedy.

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Louisa Moore

Screen Zealots

04/04/2023

A straightforward documentary about the skyrocketing cost of insulin and the diabetics who are having their lives held ransom by greedy pharmaceutical manufacturers and a broken U.S. health care system.

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Hanna B

Film Threat

03/28/2023

6.5/10

The film is as straightforward as it gets and often raw in quality or form despite some nice but sporadic use of animation. However, the subject and people involved need no artifice to convince or connect with viewers.

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Rachael Dyer

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Scott Alexander Ruderman

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Rachael Dyer

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Scott Alexander Ruderman

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Synopsis

Today, nearly 2 million Americans are being held for ransom. Without insulin, they'll be dead in days. PAY OR DIE follows 3 families on the receiving end of these ransom notes, revealing the harrowing reality of life with chronic illness in the richest country in the world. From a mother-and-daughter struggling to rebuild their lives after losing their home when they had to spend their rent money on insulin, to a young adult diagnosed with type 1 diabetes during the COVID-19 pandemic, to a Minnesota family thrust into the national spotlight when their 26-year-old son dies from rationing his insulin, PAY OR DIE lays bare the human cost of America's insulin affordability crisis.

Director: Rachael Dyer, Scott Alexander Ruderman
Producer: Rachael Dyer, Scott Alexander Ruderman, Yael Melamede
Distributor: MTV Documentary Films
Production Co: Salty Features, Post Road Pictures, Artemis Rising Foundation
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 1, 2023, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 14, 2023
Runtime: 1h 15m