The Adderall Diaries
- Release Date
- April 15, 2016
- Director
- Pamela Romanowsky
- Cast
- James Franco , Ed Harris , Amber Heard , Jim Parrack , Timothee Chalamet , Daniel Flaherty
- Runtime
- 105
- Main Genre
- Biography
- Writers
- Pamela Romanowsky , Stephen Elliott
- Tagline
- The truth is a motherf_cker.
Summary
As a writer stymied by past success, writers block, substance abuse, relationship problems and a serious set of father issues, Elliott's cracked-out chronicle of a bizarre murder trial amounts to less than the sum of its parts. Not long into the 2007 trial of programmer Hans Reiser, accused of murdering his wife, the defendant's friend Sean Sturgeon obliquely confessed to several murders (though not the murder of Reiser's wife). Elliott, caught up in the film-ready twist and his tenuous connection to Sturgeon (they share a BDSM social circle), makes a gonzo record of the proceedings. The result is a scattered, self-indulgent romp through the mind of a depressive narcissist obsessed with his insecurities and childhood traumas. Elliott is an undeniably good writer, but his voice has more to do with amphetamines than the author himself or the trial at hand. Elliott's frustration with himself is contagious; any readers expecting a true crime will be bewildered, and those familiar with Elliott (My Girlfriend Comes to the City and Beats Me Up) will find more (or less) of the same.
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