# Take Your Pills (2018)

> An urgent but contested examination of how prescription stimulants turn American ambition, concentration, and productivity into pharmaceutical commodities.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/345797

## Facts

- Runtime: 87 min
- Genres: Documentary
- Director: Alison Klayman
- Cast: Eben Britton, Dr. Wendy Brown, Ariana, Delaney, Jasper Holt-Teza, Leigh, Anjan Chatterjee, Alan Schwarz
- TMDB rating: 6.5/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7983844/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: none
- Mood: urgent, questioning, critical, social issue discussion, documentary night

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