Fifty Pills (2006)
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35% of users liked it
(4,022 ratings)
This collegiate farce directed by Theo Avgerinos had its world premiere at the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival. After a party thrown by his roommate, Coleman (John Hensley), violates their dorm-room probation, college freshman (at a thinly veiled New York University) Darren (Lou Taylor Pucci) loses his… More This collegiate farce directed by Theo Avgerinos had its world premiere at the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival. After a party thrown by his roommate, Coleman (John Hensley), violates their dorm-room probation, college freshman (at a thinly veiled New York University) Darren (Lou Taylor Pucci) loses his scholarship money and scrambles to raise the funds by selling 50 ecstasy pills given to him as an apology by Coleman over the course of a hectic day. While loading the pills off on fellow college students, friends, family, and Coleman's customers -- including a dominatrix named Petunia (Monica Keena) and an insanely off-kilter stock trader (Eddie Kaye Thomas) -- Darren must also finish a paper on Dante's Inferno, deal with his parents (Jane Lynch and John Kapelos) in New Jersey, who think he's gay, elude the mysterious Soul Man (Ron Yuan), and try to convince his crush, Grace (Kristen Bell), that he's not a sleazy drug dealer. Darren's crazy day comes to a head when some stupid but vengeful thugs led by Eduardo (Michael Pena) track down both Coleman and Darren at their dorm while the stock trader shows up looking for more pills. ~ Michael Buening, Rovi
- Directed By
- Theo Avgerinos
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy
- In Theaters
- Apr 26, 2006 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Christopher Null, Filmcritic.com
your mileage may vary depending on your patience for only slightly more mature frat-house humor
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Cast
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John Kapelos
as Harold
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Lou Taylor Pucci
as Darren
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Donnell Rawlings
as C-Low
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Kristen Bell
as Gracie
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John Hensley
as Coleman
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Rachel Boston
as Lindsay
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Eddie Kaye Thomas
as Ralphie
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John Marshall Jones
as Housing Manager
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Monica Keena
as Petunia
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Ron Yuan
as The Soul Man
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Chris J. Johnson
as Paul
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Jane Lynch
as Dorren
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Curran Connor
as Scott
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Michael Peņa
as Eduardo
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Daniel Spink
as Albert
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Nora Zehetner
as Michelle
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Thomas Ian Nicholas
as Roger
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Stephen Keys
as Little Steve
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Michael Masini
as Halo
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Ann Bellamy
as Grandma Jones
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Christopher Boyd
as Richard
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Diora Baird
as Tiffany
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Maya Hazen
as Bethany
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Alyssa Altman
as Susan
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Jillian Murray
as Jayne
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Paul Schackman
as Louis
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Richard Embardo
as The Kitchen Guy
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Steve Swaim
as Professor
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Corrine Carey
as Marla
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Ken Rothstein
as Security Guard
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Michael Mann
as Rick
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Jeffrey Nicholas Brown
as Homeless Joe
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John Mann
as Homeless Burt
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Jake Demaray
as Punk Rock Mover