Eddie Morra is a promising writer, who seems to have writers block, and has spent his entire advance for his next book drinking. Eddie is about to hit rock bottom as his long suffering girlfriend dumps him in a restaurant after meeting him for lunch. On the way home, he meets up with his ex-brother in-law who is about to change Eddie’s life forever.
Seeing that Eddie is having a hard time, he gives him an unregulated drug called NZT, which allows Eddie to access 100% of his brain. He finishes writing his book in a couple of days and the drug enables him to instantly understand and use complex maths and learn any language, and he seems to be smarter and cooler than everyone else. The effects of the drug only last for about a day, so Eddie goes to see his ex-brother in-law at his apartment, to get more NZT and this is when he finds out this drug has its price - and not a financial one.
I was really looking forward to seeing this movie as the story line fascinated me. I wasn’t disappointed. This movie is based loosely on a short story called “Flowers for Algernon” by Daniel Keyes.
