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The Goose That Laid the Golden Egg

2026 · 92 min

A sober, slow-burning whistleblower drama that feels like a quiet, tense procedural about corporate power and its human cost.

Tagline: Why do you think they call it Big Pharma?
Overview: When a psychiatrist discovers that a medication for the treatment of acne is causing teenagers to kill themselves, the pharmaceutical company sets out on a campaign to destroy the source of the threat to their billion-dollar-a-year drug.
How it feels: Tense, dark, cynical and earnest. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Corruption, greed, power, death
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: corruption
greed
power
death
justice
Places: big city
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild