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Side Effects

Katie Lowes
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Overview

Rooney Mara stars as Emily Taylor; her husband Martin (Channing Tatum) is a young businessman who, as the film opens, is soon to be released from prison after serving a few years for financial fraud. Overcome with stress, the mentally fragile Emily performs a quasi-suicide attempt and is put in the care of Dr. Jonathan Banks (Jude Law), a workaholic psychiatrist who convinces Emily to see him once a week for therapy. Jonathan is intrigued enough by Emily's story to seek counsel from her former therapist, Dr. Victoria Siebert (Catherine Zeta-Jones). One night Emily commits a horrific act that she claims not to remember because she was taking the medication prescribed to her by Jonathan, leading to a very public legal battle that leads to Jonathan taking a major public blow to his reputation. This turn of events prompts the chastened doctor to look deeper into Emily's past. Directed by Steven Soderbergh from a script by his regular collaborator Scott Z. Burns.

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Main Cast & Crew:
Steven Soderbergh - Director
Katie Lowes
Josh Elliott
Harold Alvarez
Munro M Bonnell
Roderick Rodriguez
Mitchell Michaliszyn
Peter Friedman
Raymond Debendictis
Alice Niedermair
Elizabeth Rich

Details

    DVD Format
  • Format: DVD (Snap Case)
  • UPC: 025192158230
  • Genre: MYSTERY / SUSPENSE / THRILLER
  • Rating: R (MPAA)
  • Release Date: May 2013

Movie Reviews

Reviews:
"Mara’s moodiness has an allure....She remains intriguing to watch at all times." - 02/01/2013 Hollywood Reporter


"[A] lavishly dread-fueled suspense movie full of twists, reversals, double crosses, and dangerous liaisons." -- Grade: B+ - 02/15/2013 Entertainment Weekly


3.5 stars out of 4 -- "SIDE EFFECTS is Soderbergh in full, flinty vigor....Soderbergh delivers ticking-bomb suspense laced with psychological acuity..." - 02/14/2013 Rolling Stone


"[A] sly thriller...Expertly crafted and cleverly compounded for high-dose entertainment." - 02/08/2013 Wall Street Journal


"Rooney Mara's performance is instrumental....In SIDE EFFECTS, the viewer is being drawn into a vortex." - 02/06/2013 Chicago Sun-Times


"It's a gripping thriller...and a chilling indictment of the nation's pharmaceutical industry." - 02/07/2013 USA Today


"It's got a deliciously complex plot....It unfolds with enough panache to make turning away out of the question." - 02/07/2013 Los Angeles Times


"[I]t’s more about high-level gamesmanship and duplicity, with the drug issue itself relegated to a side effect....Rooney Mara is superb as the glue that binds this fractured psychological puzzle." -- Grade: B+ - 02/07/2013 A.V. Club


"Mr. Soderbergh handles it brilliantly, serving notice once again that he is a crackerjack genre technician." - 02/07/2013 New York Times


"[I]t is a thrill ride for grown-ups, suspenseful, whip-smart and crammed with surprises." - 03/04/2013 Empire


4 stars out of 5 -- "Soderbergh's cool self-lensing brings an aptly clinical sheen to his fiendishly ingenious tale..." - 04/01/2013 Total Film

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