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‘Clean Hands’ portrays a Hagerstown officer’s fight to help his daughter
The film follows Kevin Simmers, a Hagerstown, Maryland, narcotics officer, as he tries to help his daughter Brooke overcome drug addiction.
Brooke is 19 when he learns she is using Percocet and later heroin.
Simmers tries rehab and a tough-love approach, including letting her be arrested, but these efforts do not work.
He then pursues people he believes are supplying her drugs, while the film shows some community members and officers exploiting people with addiction.
The story questions whether his crusade leads him to abuse police power, even as it presents him as a loving father and dedicated officer.
Simmers comes to see that fighting dealers is not enough and develops an alternative approach for people struggling with drug use.
He creates Brooke’s House, a rehab facility, which is featured in the film’s closing credits.
Clean Hands depicts Hagerstown narcotics officer Kevin Simmers’ efforts to help his daughter Brooke overcome drug addiction.
Zach Braff plays Simmers, and Esther McGregor plays Brooke in the film written, produced and directed by Jake Allyn.
After learning Brooke is using Percocet and later heroin, Simmers tries rehab and then lets her be arrested in the hope it will scare her straight.
The film shows his attempts failing and his efforts to find another way to help people struggling with drug abuse.
Variety says the film argues against criminalizing addiction but portrays Simmers using forceful and potentially abusive tactics to help his daughter.
- Who
- Kevin Simmers, a real-life Hagerstown narcotics officer, and his daughter Brooke.
- What
- Clean Hands portrays Simmers’ efforts to help Brooke overcome drug addiction.
- When
- Not stated
- Where
- Hagerstown, Maryland.
- Why
- Simmers tries to help Brooke after learning she is addicted to drugs.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
He unsuccessfully tries to enroll her in a private rehabilitation facility.
Simmers lets her be arrested, hoping the experience will scare her straight.
Simmers tries to cut off her drug supply at its source.
Simmers creates Brooke’s House, a rehabilitation facility.
- Film
- Clean Hands
- Officer portrayed
- Kevin Simmers
- Daughter portrayed
- Brooke
- Setting
- Hagerstown, Maryland
- Simmers’ role
- Narcotics officer
- Director, writer and producer
- Jake Allyn
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