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By Michael Sauter (58) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 13 Apr 2016

James Franco once again shines in an ambitious undertaking that bites off a bit more than it can chew…

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By Brian Orndorf (4,059) for Blu-ray.com (2,093) on 12 Apr 2016

It's disjointed work, cold to the touch, but there's a supporting cast to keep The Adderall Diaries semi-interesting at times, holding up the…

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By Michael Arbeiter (93) for We Got This Covered (2,391) on 12 Apr 2016

Much like its main character, The Adderall Diaries is too distracted with crime and romance to understand what's really important…

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By Christopher Gray (138) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 07 Apr 2016

It's too busy skipping through subplots to do much more than gloss over such heady issues as the fundamental subjectivity of truth and self-identity…

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By David D'arcy (130) for Screen International (2,241) on 04 Apr 2016

The result is not altogether intoxicating…

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By John Fink (368) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 11 Mar 2016

An ironic work of filmmaking, The Adderall Diaries explores the relationship between truth, narration and influence, yet resorts to cheap devices…

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By Kate Erbland (681) for The Playlist (3,871) on 29 Apr 2015

Romanowksy has gamely hacked through Elliott’s purposely messy and tangential material to craft a workable portrait of pain and addiction,…

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By Dan Callahan (211) for TheWrap (3,203) on 22 Apr 2015

At first, Elliott’s struggle does not seem like promising material for a movie, and some might be unsatisfied by the shifting, inchoate nature…

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By Emily Buder (6) for Indiewire (3,631) on 22 Apr 2015

If anything, The Adderall Diaries is worth seeing for the ways it challenges the audience to examine and take responsibility for their own…

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By Guy Lodge (731) for Variety (12,700) on 22 Apr 2015

Franco’s cultivated impenetrability makes for a pain-ridden but peculiarly passionless experience, with multiple clashing subplots — on…

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By John Defore (1,351) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 22 Apr 2015

First-time feature helmer Romanowsky has a hard time distinguishing between the things that draw her to Elliott's story and the things that…

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