Fifty Pills (2006)

Darren Giles has lost his college scholarship, can't work up the courage to ask out the girl of his dreams and doesn't have the cash to stay in college another semester. Unless he can ... See full summary »

Director:

Theo Avgerinos

Writer:

Matthew Perniciaro

Stars:

Diora Baird, Kristen Bell, Anne Bellamy

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Diora Baird	...	Tiffany
Kristen Bell	...	Gracie
Anne Bellamy	...	Grandma Jones
Rachel Boston	...	Lindsay
Christopher Boyd	...	Richard
Jeffrey Nicholas Brown	...	Homeless Joe
Corrine Carey	...	Marla
Curran Connor	...	Scott
Jake Demaray	...	Punk Rock Mover
Richard Embardo	...	The Kitchen Guy
Maya Hazen	...	Bethany
John Hensley	...	Coleman
John Marshall Jones	...	Housing Manager
Chris J. Johnson	...	Paul
John Kapelos	...	Harold

Storyline

Darren Giles has lost his college scholarship, can't work up the courage to ask out the girl of his dreams and doesn't have the cash to stay in college another semester. Unless he can survive the teenage dominatrix, New York's largest drug mogul, convince his parents he's not gay, write a paper on Dante's Inferno, escape three thugs chasing the wrong guy and sell fifty pills of ecstasy in time to make his tuition payment, he'll never get the chance to date the girl of his dreams.

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Plot Keywords:

college | drugs | dominatrix | ecstasy | new york skyline | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Crime | Drama

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

26 April 2006 (USA)

Also Known As:

'Mafiozos' tis plakas

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$5,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Coalition Film, One Day Only Productions LLC, PalmStar Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

85 min 85 min (European Film Market)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

When Coleman is in the office, after he is told he is on probation, his audio is out of sync.

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Quotes

Gracie: Get off my bed.
Michelle: Fuck you, bitch.

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Connections

References Liquid Sky (1982)

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Soundtracks

"Champion"
by One Block Radius

User Reviews

almost "laugh-out-loud-funny"

Having seen "Fifty Pills" last night and subsequently discovered it's score of 3/10 on IMDb, I feel the need to redress the situation.

OK, so it's not the greatest of films ever made in the already massively over subscribed college-comedy genre but it is by no means the worst. "Fifty Pills" is relatively well scripted, and, with one or two exceptions the actors play their parts well; making a good job of portraying believable characters.

Some of the jokes are obvious and predictable, but there was more than one moment when the humour leapt at us with the unexpected voracity of a demonically possessed ferret.

Most importantly, the film flowed well and there were no moments when my concentration wandered towards the events outside of Theo Avgerinos' creation. At just over 75 minutes, the movie was exactly the right length.

The aspects of "Fifty Pills" that let it down for me were the poor dialogue in scenes involving Darren's parents, and the over use of one or two running jokes.

I give this film 6 out of 10.