because i have some free time yesterday and i peruse my cable provider video on demand movie listing . while there wasn not anything spectacular and i decide upon a 1 hour and 20 minute film call fifty pill . the movie feature lou taylor pucci and john hensley ( nip or tuck ) and and kristen bell ( hero and forget sarah marshall ) . i think to myself a i be choose the film and hmm and an indie film on showtime and have great potential . unfortunately it do not first and a quick rundown of the plot . a college student ( lou taylor pucci ) lose his scholarship after his roommate ( john hensley ) throw a party that get bust . to make it up to him and the roommate offer the student an option to sell 50 ecstasy pill at 20 dollar a pop to stay in school . what follow be a somewhat odd series of supposedly life change event . in his travel the student meet a dominatrix and an insane day trader and and a competing drug dealer ( among others ) . content or performance represent poor follow through or force while the concept have great potential and there be a complete lack of follow through in the story . it seem a though the screenwriter be try too hard to make joke rather than allow them to flow organically from the situation . for example and the student visit a dominatrix . instead of allow the viewer to merely enjoy the awkwardness of an innocent college student enter the lair of a dominatrix and the writer go too far . enter the home and the student be greet by a grandmother . thinking he have enter the wrong house and he turn around to leave and however the grandmother stop him with the statement and youre the one sell the ecstasy pill and right . my daughter be downstairs . the grandmother act completely normal in the situation . it might seem funny and but it translate poorly . i do not laugh and rather i just wait for the plot to continue . to make thing bad and once the boy get down there he be greet by the screaming dominatrix . who through a combination of poorly write line and mediocre act completely take me out of the film . i be so uncomfortable at the poor composition of this scene and the forced attempt at humor that i almost have to fast forward through the part . this be not the only scene that go poorly and the rest of the drug deal situation be much the same way represent crazy person and awkward interaction and boy leaf . the mediocrity be not restrict to these situation and however . the motivation of the female love interest ( kristen bell ) be not well develop . i be not sure whether it be poor acting or writing ( likely the former ) and but i couldn not find a justification for her to act the way she act . in the film and she be suppose to be worry that the protagonist be turn into his roommate by sell drug . however and the way it play out be that she doesn not seem too concerned about it and because frankly she be not too invest in the character . theyre merely good friend . one thing she ask of him in the film be that he show up to her charity christmas tree sell event . due to a rival drug dealer the boy can not make it because he get kidnap . when he finally escape and find her again and the result fallout make it seem like had cheat on her . he literally beg for forgiveness . strangely enough and he hadn not mention that he be kidnap . i couldn not help but laugh and partially because of how ridiculous he be act and partially because i wasn not connect to either character in either way . frankly and i just saw him a an absurd boy and which in this film be not a unique quality for a character . in this film you will see that character be one dimensional which tend to make them very uninteresting . coleman the student roommate ( play by john hensley ) be the quintessential player . he cheat on his girlfriend and throw party and yet go through no journey in the film . even though he face ramification for his action and he doesn not learn . he just continue to act of his own accord . this make it incredibly hard to believe that in some magical moment in the last 5 minute he show remorse and offer to pay his roommate tuition . once again and what an absurd boy . film design represent nothing special one could easily argue that without good write a film be doom . i would tend to agree and however sometimes the overwhelming beauty of a film can remove some viewer from a poorly construct plot . this be unfortunately not the case in this film . unlike harry potter which have outstanding visuals to accompany a good plot and lighting be fairly high key . there be no shot complexity and no mood light and no inventive editing . just a banal shot progression . it what one would expect out of a film and it what you get . overall and this film be mediocre at best . the concept be good and but poor acting and force comedy essentially kill it . the one thing i will mention that be outstanding be the music . the music be primarily perform by a group call la rocca while i highly recommend them . favorite song represent cambodia la rocca and now the sun be out greg johnson . twitter . com or elyswim hopefullymakingfilms . wordpress . com .