Storyline
Writer and Adderall enthusiast Stephen Elliott reaches a low point when his estranged father resurfaces, claiming that Stephen has fabricated much of the dark childhood that that fuels his writing. Adrift in the precarious gray area of memory, Stephen is led by three sources of inspiration: a new romance, the best friend who shares his history, and a murder trial that reminds him more than a little of his own story. Based on the memoir of the same name.
Directors
Cast
Ed Harris, Christian Slater, Amber Heard, James Franco, Jim Parrack, Michael Cristofer, Cynthia Nixon, Wilmer Valderrama, Danny Flaherty, Timothée Chalamet, Jake Katzman, Eliana Fanders, Tamzin Brown, Tonya Glanz, Casper Andreas, Giulia Cicciari, Rochelle Bostrom, Raymond T. Williams, Laura Frost, Giuseppe Cicciari
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Reviews
75
Romanowksy has gamely hacked through Elliott’s purposely messy and tangential material to craft a workable portrait of pain and addiction, one that’s bizarrely entertaining even in its most brutal moments, good enough for at least one hit.
60
At first, Elliott’s struggle does not seem like promising material for a movie, and some might be unsatisfied by the shifting, inchoate nature of the film’s forward trajectory, but at a certain point the narrative begins to coalesce around the idea of taking responsibility for your own life, and Romanowsky makes this seem like a refreshing or at least tough-minded theme.
58
If anything, The Adderall Diaries is worth seeing for the ways it challenges the audience to examine and take responsibility for their own personal narratives.
50
Slant Magazine
It's too busy skipping through subplots to do much more than gloss over such heady issues as the fundamental subjectivity of truth and self-identity.
50
A well worn trope that’s tough to elevate beyond eye-roll level.
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