Fifty Pills (2006)

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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

Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 1 hr. 26 min.
Directed By: Theo Avgerinos
Genres: Drama, Comedy

In Theaters: Apr 26, 2006 Wide
On DVD: Feb 20, 2007

Critic Reviews

Christopher Null, Filmcritic.com
your mileage may vary depending on your patience for only slightly more mature frat-house humor

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Featured Audience Ratings

Coxxie M

let me explain the phenomenal acting of Lou Pucci for you: someone makes you sell pills to pay your rent, you act like you are 10 years old acting mad. someone tries to have sex with you, you act nervous. dominatrix tries to whip you, you act nervous AND scared. (curveball!) in… More
let me explain the phenomenal acting of Lou Pucci for you: someone makes you sell pills to pay your rent, you act like you are 10 years old acting mad. someone tries to have sex with you, you act nervous. dominatrix tries to whip you, you act nervous AND scared. (curveball!) in conclusion, where is this mans ACADEMY AWARD?! where is it??
Nicki M

Virtually unwatchable. Kristin Bell and Lou Taylor Pucci could not save this awful movie.
Kevin L

A decent movie,not nearly as bad as the cover suggests. Yes I did watch it because Kristen Bell was in it and she really doesnt get that much screen time. Oh well, still enjoyable and I did like the main character, he was comical.
Lovable M

Kind of cliche and unimpressive.
Chosen 7

Decent film. A reminder of why I love independent films. The writing and some of the acting could have been better though.
Chris M

Not as good as i first thought it would be. Been waiting months for this movie actually ive wanted to see this since i saw the trailer quite awhile back. Wasnt disapponted was a good movie.

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Cast

            John Kapelos as Harold

            Lou Taylor Pucci as Darren

            Donnell Rawlings as C-Low

            Kristen Bell as Gracie

            John Hensley as Coleman

            Rachel Boston as Lindsay

            Eddie Kaye Thomas as Ralphie

            John Marshall Jones as Housing Manager

            Monica Keena as Petunia

            Ron Yuan as The Soul Man

            Chris J. Johnson as Paul

            Jane Lynch as Dorren

            Curran Connor as Scott

            Michael Peña as Eduardo

            Daniel Spink as Albert

            Nora Zehetner as Michelle

            Thomas Ian Nicholas as Roger

            Stephen Keys as Little Steve

            Michael Masini as Halo

            Ann Bellamy as Grandma Jones

            Christopher Boyd as Richard

            Diora Baird as Tiffany

            Maya Hazen as Bethany

            Alyssa Altman as Susan

            Jillian Murray as Jayne

            Paul Schackman as Louis

            Richard Embardo as The Kitchen Guy

            Steve Swaim as Professor

            Corrine Carey as Marla

            Ken Rothstein as Security Guard

            Michael Mann as Rick

            Jeffrey Nicholas Brown as Homeless Joe

            John Mann as Homeless Burt

            Jake Demaray as Punk Rock Mover
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