Linbeymusol Wonderful character development!

ChicRawIdol A brilliant film that helped define a genre

Humaira Grant It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

Bob This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

cliffordo-33234 I am a baby-boomer. I thought 'drug problem' meant heroin and the opioid epidemic. This film made me aware of another epidemic which is the use of Adderall, Ritalin, and other amphetamines. And this film provides lots and lots of anecdotal accounts of people using them in college and the business world. It describes the effects, the culture, the access, and the side effects. It gives you a very good perspective from the viewpoint of the person using amphetamines. My criticism is that I don't think it gave enough attention to the dark side: dependency, addiction, and long-term side effects. It almost made it sound attractive. I think that is very dangerous and a bit irresponsible.

denisecrodriguess This movie shows how healthy people use prescribed medication due to social demands. It does not focus on ADHD disorder and its treatment. Taking that in consideration, the documentary brings an interesting discussion to the table, which is about how the American society encourages its young adults to seek unrealistic high levels of performance.

insideout098 I'm not sure what the documentary creator had in mind when he made this film, but it was all over the map from a narrative standpoint. I'm not sure whether it was promoting the use of Adderall though the exaggeration of its use among college students and athletes, or questioning its effectiveness as evidenced by a study that concluded placebos to be just as effective making people think they were over performing. There were no clinical trials on the either negative or positive long term effects of these drugs on the human body, or any tangible evidence that brain altering chemicals have any place whatsoever in the evolution of human performance. If you make a documentary on such drugs, you explore all angles so that the audience has a clear understanding of the facts in order to make sensible conclusions.

scarlettmansfield While the film raises many interesting points, it seems to jump around a lot from those who use it recreationally to excel in their work or studies, to those who have legitimate uses for it. Also, I found it didn't actually do anything to dispel the positive aspects of adderall or discourage those wanting to take it recreationally but it does deter those who want to use it for its actual purpose (ADHD). They just kept seeming to bang on about how great it is to really help you study further and in the wrong hands may encourage more students to try getting hold of the drug.Overall, interesting aspects within it - such as the history of these drugs - but lacked a coherent structure and bounced all over the place.