The indie comedy Fifty Pills is mildly entertaining and manages to deliver a few good laughs. When Darren Giles loses his scholarship and is unable to pay his college tuition his roommate gives him 50 pills of ecstasy to sell in order to come up with the funds. Featuring Kristen Bell, Michael Pena, Eddie Kaye Thomas, and Nora Zehetner, the cast is pretty decent. However, the script is rather weak and the performances aren’t that impressive. Also, the comedy is fairly bland, as the satire isn’t that sharp or edgy. Playing it a bit too safe, Fifty Pills comes off as formulaic tripe.
Lou Taylor Pucci is a talented actor, but his talent has often been wasted in mediocre film roles. This is one of those films. Barely worth watching, though Pucci and costar Jane Lynch rise above the weak material.
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The indie comedy Fifty Pills is mildly entertaining and manages to deliver a few good laughs. When Darren Giles loses his scholarship and is unable to pay his college tuition his roommate gives him 50 pills of ecstasy to sell in order to come up with the funds. Featuring Kristen Bell, Michael Pena, Eddie Kaye Thomas, and Nora Zehetner, the cast is pretty decent. However, the script is rather weak and the performances aren’t that impressive. Also, the comedy is fairly bland, as the satire isn’t that sharp or edgy. Playing it a bit too safe, Fifty Pills comes off as formulaic tripe.