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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 probat... read more read more...ion, 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

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Unrated, 1 hr. 26 min.

Directed by: Theo Avgerinos

Release Date: April 26, 2006

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DVD Release Date: February 20, 2007

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  • October 16, 2009
    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 c... read moreonclusion, where is this mans ACADEMY AWARD?! where is it??
  • November 1, 2008
    Virtually unwatchable. Kristin Bell and Lou Taylor Pucci could not save this awful movie.
  • April 28, 2010
    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.
  • November 18, 2008
    Kind of cliche and unimpressive.
  • March 13, 2008
    Decent film. A reminder of why I love independent films. The writing and some of the acting could have been better though.
  • March 3, 2007
    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.
  • April 11, 2011
    One of the - Must Watch- , you're attention is required; kind of movies, or you Will miss something. This kid has no clue but Life lessons are abound - Watch & See!!

    "Its your world, Right, I just live in it?"- One of the best lines in the movie. This is some funny drama and ba... read moresed on what could really happen!

    Nathan Clements, Owner of Bloody Racket Films, could have been cast as the Caucasian Thug with the beanie. It was like someone got to know a little about Nathan and passed it on through this film.
  • March 15, 2010
    A film that played like Half Baked, but with ecstacy as the drug of choice. We have some light performances by the actors, with the better half of it coming from Eddie Kaye Thomas. The diversity of the different characters to whom the protoganist, Lou Taylor Pucci, sells t... read moreo are a welcomed treat and add that flair of comedy to a weak script. Michael Pena has the better dialogue when it comes to offbeat chatter while his associates are just walking in his shadow; unknown to everything around them. Fifty Pills is purely a Made-for-TV film, with nothing special going on in its corner.
  • February 29, 2008
    Awful movie. Could have had potential to be good but the dialogue was unbearable and the pace was just bad. I couldn't even watch the whole thing. Do not want.
  • January 5, 2008
    This Movie is nuts, did anyone know Lou Pucci, was Jesus of Suburbia, in the Green Day video- Jesus of Suburbia? He looked totally different!

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Christopher Null
February 5, 2007
Christopher Null, Filmcritic.com

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