Take Your Pills
2018 · Movie · PG-13 · 87 min · ★ 6.5 · 58% critics
This documentary looks at how stimulant pills are used by students, athletes, coders, and workers chasing an edge in a high-pressure culture. It asks why so many people feel pushed to do more, faster, and what that pursuit may be costing them.
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Details
- Years
- 2018
- Release date
- 2018-03-09
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 87 min
- Max quality
- UHD
- Critic score
- 58/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.5/10 (145 votes)
About
You may like this if you enjoy debate-starting documentaries about pressure, productivity, and prescription drug culture, especially if Prescription Thugs sounds interesting; Not for you if you want a balanced, tightly structured deep dive.
Pros: thought-provoking topic; eye-opening anecdotes; sparks debate | Cons: uneven focus; biased perspective; flashy, distracting style
Themes
- drugs
- woman director
Cast & crew
- EB
Eben Britton
as Self - Former NFL Player (as Eben)
- DB
Dr. Wendy Brown
as Self - Political Theorist, UC Berkeley
- AR
Ariana
as Self - College Sophomore
- DE
Delaney
as Self - College Junior
- JH
Jasper Holt-Teza
as Self - College Senior (as Jasper)
- LE
Leigh
as Self - College Senior
- AC
Anjan Chatterjee
as Self - Chair of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania
- AS
Alan Schwarz
as Self - Journalist, Author - ADHD Nation
- NR
Nicholas Rasmussen
as Self - Author, On Speed
- NA
Nathanael
as Self - Software Engineer
Directed by Alison Klayman