Fifty Pills (2006)

User Rating:

4.9/10   

Director:

Theo Avgerinos

Writer:

Matthew Perniciaro (written by)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime | Drama

Plot:

Darren Giles has lost his college scholarship, can't work up the courage to ask out the girl of his...

Plot Keywords:

College | Dominatrix | Ecstasy | Drugs | Cigarette Smoking

US TV Schedule:

Thur. Nov. 19	4:00 PM	COMEDY
Fri. Nov. 20	10:00 AM	COMEDY

Cast

Lou Taylor Pucci	...	Darren
Kristen Bell	...	Gracie
John Hensley	...	Coleman
Nora Zehetner	...	Michelle
Eddie Kaye Thomas	...	Ralphie
Monica Keena	...	Petunia
Michael Peña	...	Eduardo
Jane Lynch	...	Doreen
John Kapelos	...	Harold
Donnell Rawlings	...	C-Low
Rachel Boston	...	Lindsay
Michael Masini	...	Halo
John Marshall Jones	...	Housing Manager
Ron Yuan	...	The Seoul Man
Chris J. Johnson	...	Paul

Also Known As:

50 Pills (USA) (alternative spelling)

Runtime:

Germany:85 min (European Film Market)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Coalition Film

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Coleman is in the office, after he is told he is on probation, his audio is out of sync.

Movie Connections:

References The Wizard of Oz (1939)

Soundtrack:

Sticks and Stones

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.