Chirayu Asati Overall plot of the movie was very good but I wasn't expecting this simple end. I still don't get the answer to what will happen when he will be out of pills? His brain works so bad, can't he just manufacture himself? Maybe the guy in the lab which was shut down should do something I guess.

publisher-695-461880 I find this movie both fascinating and at the same time limiting. It also unwittingly reflects on the questions of our mind, subconscious, creativity, abilities and what we can do with it all. I'd say that the way these notions are portrayed in the movie is more of a male view on the situation. Creativity cannot be forced and writer's blocks can be unblocked in so many other ways but by a single pill. Mastery, for me, lies not in taking pills to unlock our great abilities, hidden talents and enter the subconscious but by looking into ourselves, uncovering our own values, truths, talents and at the same time staying open to the world around us, staying tuned in, also using our intuition as well as logic. In a combination they are very powerful. On the other note, the struggles of the main protagonist, Eddie Morra, reminded me of so many writers, especially male ones, who try to solve everything by force, pills, drugs or alcohol and forget that the most powerful source is within us. They just should start using their intuition and creative side to unlock it. Having said that, I still believe it was fun to watch the movie to see how it will all end up.

aprilmay-72133 This movie is basically about the current ADHD drugs - not sure if anyone realizes that or cares to admit it out loud. Pretty much describes an embellished version of the affects of Adderall/Vyvanse/Ritalin - including the side effects, withdrawals and aftermath (albeit not too far off) . The happy ending in the movie is super cool because I don't know anyone who weaned a prescribed pharmaceutical and ended up smarter than his/her pre-induction or peek performance state of the enhancer

Marcus V. B. Siqueira The movie is great and the actors play really well. I like Bradley Cooper and his acting was pretty nice. Jumping deep in the review of some points. These kind of drug in the movie, doesn't really exists as far as I know, but there is a medicine called Ritalin, that increases the focus, but this stuff is only for people who have problem of focus, so a doctor would give you a prescription. One interesting point about the drug thing, is that, you can't just turn your back in the drug. You can't just stop and that is it. I myself take a medicine, witch all of you should know, medicines are drugs too, so in my case, I take a specific prescription for years that I cant just stop, or else I will have side effects. Drugs, all of them, medicine or not, have side effects even if you can't really notice. There is no magic pill that would grant you a very good effect and take nothing of you. What I expected more at the ending of the movie was that this fact could really be there, and Morra himself, addicted, would meet a dead end. It worked really well when shown the side effects, the problems, the other who perished by the use of the drug, but somehow Morra ended up well. Well, at least for the movie ending, but if you think ahead, maybe in 2 years, when he is out of stock, he would just suffer and probably fall. As an illegal substance, even if he could maintain a secret lab for the pills, he would soon or later get discovered. Well, I still think the message was clear. There is no magic thing that could make you god without not taking anything from you.