Jake Allyn's film tells the story of Kevin Simmers, a real-life narcotics officer whose professional and personal lives clash over his teenage daughter Brooke's heroin addiction.
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When a filmmaker tells a story based on real events, especially ones that are inspiring or heroic, there’s always a risk of hagiography. “Clean Hands” is a movie where the storytellers either take a lot of license with an actual person’s life to add drama, or don’t seem aware just how unflattering their subject’s behavior actually is. Written, produced and directed by Jake Allyn (“Ride”), the film chronicles the relationship between real-life Hagerstown, MD narcotics officer Kevin Simmers (Zach Braff) and his efforts to rescue his daughter Brooke (Esther McGregor) from the grip of drug abuse. But while the “happening right under his nose” details lend a heartbreaking edge to a sadly familiar story, the script’s argument against criminalizing addiction reconciles uneasily with its portrayal of Simmers’ determination to save Brooke by any means necessary.
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