Rotten
Mr. Elliott's story is not helped by James Franco, who plays him with his usual smug catatonia.
Rex Reed, New York Observer
The Adderall Diaries
The truth is a motherf_cker.
2016 · 1h 27m · R
Drama, Romance, Thriller
Directed by
Pamela Romanowsky
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The Adderall Diaries
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Pamela Romanowsky Director
- James Franco as Stephen Elliott
- Amber Heard as Lana Edmond
- Ed Harris as Neil Elliott
- Christian Slater as Hans Reiser
- Wilmer Valderrama as Josh
- Jim Parrack as Roger
- Cynthia Nixon as Jen Davis
- Michael Cristofer as Paul Hora
- Danny Flaherty as Teenage Roger
- Timothée Chalamet as Teenage Stephen Elliott
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
26%
Tomatometer
Fresh
"The Adderall Diaries" is a complex, absorbing, at times profound look at how we choose to remember our past.
Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times
Rotten
All affect and no personality.
Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times
Fresh
Writer-director Pamela Romanowsky, in her first feature, captures both fireworks and tragedy in go-for-broke scenes between Franco and Harris.
Tom Keogh, Seattle Times
Rotten
The Adderall Diaries comes across as an incomplete jumble of colliding plot lines.
Richard Roeper, Chicago Sun-Times
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