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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...
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Overview

User Rating:
4.9/10   1,611 votes
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Director:
Theo Avgerinos
Writer:
Matthew Perniciaro (written by)
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Genre:
Comedy | Crime | Drama more
Plot:
Darren Giles has lost his college scholarship, can't work up the courage to ask out the girl of his... more | add synopsis
NewsDesk:
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User Comments:
almost "laugh-out-loud-funny" more (12 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
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
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
50 Pills (USA) (alternative spelling)
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Runtime:
Germany:85 min (European Film Market)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Company:
Coalition Film more

Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Coleman is in the office, after he is told he is on probation, his audio is out of sync. more
Movie Connections:
References The Wizard of Oz (1939) more
Soundtrack:
Sticks and Stones more

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24 out of 36 people found the following comment useful.
almost "laugh-out-loud-funny", 1 February 2007
6/10
Author: CrazyMeanDave from London, UK

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.

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