spoiler begin the movie focus on three friend and samantha ( summer phoenix ) and chris ( nick stahl ) and and owen ( aaron paul ) . the movie start out with sam and owen a the drug addict and and chris and the track star and a the one who take care of them . a thing get increasingly bad at home for chris and he ask sam what the drug be like . sam be out of rehab and sober by this point and tell him it make everything well . chris then catch up with owen and they start use . it take chris two time till he be a full time member . after some trouble with a dealer and a confession to sam and she get in again . so begin the downward spiral for them . chris od when he break a promise to sam ( i want some of the movie to be a surprise ) . he die and sam get in to college to be an architect and and owen get arrest . so end the storyspoiler end . minor spoiler throughoutnick stahl be amazing . he will have an oscar one day . his portrayal of chris be heartbreaking . he be the only one that felt real in the movie as far a drug use go . aaron paul who play owen act a if he be on speed not heroin . summer phoenix be fine and she be talented but what can i say nick stahl steal the movie . his drugged eye and his slow movement and everything be perfect . the writer need to show withdrawls in the movie . that be a main reason why people do not want to quit . other then that there be hilarious scene ( the mall scene and and the backstreet boy scene and man stahl nail the reaction right on the head . ) and touch and sad scene ( like the scene between sam and chris in her bedroom after he get beat up and i bawl and and the park scene . ) . it be realistic too . like s be use again when chris want to flush the drug down the toilet and and chris use again after he go to own and even though he have be clean for two week and the pull be too strong . it be all realistic . watch the movie for a great cast and great music and and a semi truthful account of drug addiction .