Synopsis
In a hypercompetitive world, drugs like Adderall offer students, athletes, coders and others a way to do more -- faster and better. But at what cost?
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Cast
- Eben BrittonSelf - Former NFL Player (as Eben)
- Dr. Wendy BrownSelf - Political Theorist, UC Berkeley
- ArianaSelf - College Sophomore
- DelaneySelf - College Junior
- Jasper Holt-TezaSelf - College Senior (as Jasper)
- LeighSelf - College Senior
- Anjan ChatterjeeSelf - Chair of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania
- Alan SchwarzSelf - Journalist, Author - ADHD Nation
- Nicholas RasmussenSelf - Author, On Speed
- NathanaelSelf - Software Engineer
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The Playlist
They are tough and necessary questions that make Take Your Pills, for all its dizzying energy, a grounded and rigorous film. Though at times, it feels too squeamish to lean all the way into an idea or too hard on a particular truth, which makes it feel too deliberate and maybe not quite the earnest dissection it could be. - 70
Variety
The kinds of connections that Take Your Pills makes, between the culture of information overload and a radically tightened job market and heightened personal performance and the chemical itch that fuels this whole late-stage capitalist dynamic, may strike some as too speculative for comfort. Yet it’s precisely by making connections like these that a documentary can fire up your perceptions enough to burn through the cumulative effects of advertising. - 63
Movie Nation
It’s pretty late in the game to be getting a primer on this years-long epidemic, but the least you can say about this super-slick, ADHD friendly film is that you can’t watch it and say you don’t have an idea how it could benefit you or your kid, and just a taste of exactly why it’s a bad idea. - 50
The Hollywood Reporter
Although the prescription drug users that Klayman (Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry) profiles have some interesting things to say about how these products affect their performance and perceptions, the steady stream of talking-head experts doesn’t do much to raise the movie’s pulse. - 42
IndieWire
A reductive documentary that’s far too focused on the big picture to really unpack the human element.