The Pill (film)

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The Pill
Directed by J.C. Khoury
Screenplay by J.C. Khoury
Produced by
  • J.C. Khoury
  • Jonathan Berke (associate producer)
  • Trevor Herrick
Starring
CinematographyAndreas von Scheele
Edited by J.C. Khoury
Music byDidier Rachou
Distributed by Netflix, FilmBuff
Release date
  • June 7, 2011 (2011-06-07)(Venice)
Running time
83 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Pill is a 2011 American romantic comedy film starring Rachel Boston and Noah Bean. [1] [2]

Contents

In the film, the two leads meet casually at the party of a mutual friend and, through a pregnancy scare and full day together, gradually learn to trust each other.

Principal photography for The Pill took place in and around NYC.

Plot

Mindy, a young, single woman living in New York City meets Fred and she soon takes him back to her place. After playing 'Never have I ever' during which she gets even drunker, he goes into the bathroom and finds a full, used condom in the trash. That, combined with guilt about his girlfriend, causes him to try to leave. As Mindy implies that her roommate's boyfriend is visiting, they soon embark on an evening of sex.

Initially, Fred takes too long to get the condom on, so Mindy falls asleep. At 4 a.m. she wakes up and they have unprotected sex. She insists he doesn't have to worry about a condom, and Fred has assumed she was on the pill.

The following day, Fred panics after he discovers Mindy's not on the pill. He insists that she use the day after pill, to which she unenthusistically obliges as she's Catholic.

Soon after in the pharmacy, after Mindy takes a pill, Fred insists he's suddenly too busy to even have breakfast, so she storms out. The pharmacist insists that the process will require taking two pills, so Fred catches up and spends the day with Mindy to ensure she takes the second pill 12 hours later.

After breakfast, Mindy asks Fred to help her get the last of her things from her old apartment. He comes face-to-face with her ex Jim, who comisserates his broken heart to Fred. On the way back, as he asks, Mindy goes into detail as to why she broke things off, mentioning he was suffocating. When Fred implies that she may have given up on Jim too quickly, she initially tells him to leave.

After a minute, once Fred tries to backtrack, Mindy decides he was testing her. Acting relieved, she asks him to accompany her to a birthday party. Arriving to the suburbs, Fred finds himself face-to-face with her parents and brother. Livid, Mindy calms him, saying he's doing her a favor as her younger, recently engaged sister is coming. Fred observes how her nose is being rubbed into it, and gives her support.

As Nelly, Fred's live-in girlfriend, has sent a text message about her arrival he rushes home to meet her. He promises to return, then gets home to a scolding. Hyper-observant and controlling, she insists they get a cat although he's allergic. Fred ducks out on a faux errand, eventually finding Mindy.

They spend the evening cooking together and making love. While Fred's sleeping, Mindy finds Nelly's texts, she takes the second pill and breaks it off. Going home, the controlling Nelly pushes and he's finally able to cut her loose.

The film ends when five weeks later they both meet up again. By then, Fred has just finished his novel, and they seem to give it a new start.

Awards

Dances With Films (2011) [3]
Gen Art Film Festival (2011) [4]
San Diego Film Festival (2011) [5]

Reception

The film received mostly positive reviews from critics. The film holds a 70% rating on Rotten Tomatoes which gives the film a score of 70% based on reviews from 10 critics. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "The Pill | Film Review | Slant Magazine". Slant Magazine . Archived from the original on 2013-05-15.
  2. ↑ http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/new-york-dating-drama-exposed-pill-film-starring-noah-bean-anna-1.992146 [ dead link ]
  3. ↑ "ARCHIVES". Dances With Films. Archived from the original on 16 September 2020. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  4. ↑ "Gen Art fest fetes 'Gold'". Variety. 16 June 2011. Archived from the original on 30 June 2020. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  5. ↑ "Award Winners". 2012-04-29. Archived from the original on 2012-04-29. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  6. ↑ "The Pill (2013)". Rotten Tomatoes . Flixster. Archived from the original on September 10, 2013. Retrieved September 3, 2013.


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