A long-time sufferer of depression, Emily Taylor (Mara) is
referred onto psychiatrist, Dr. Jonathan Banks (Law) following what appears to
be a potential suicide attempt, shortly after Emily’s boyfriend (Channing
Tatum) has been freed from prison. At the advice of Emily’s former psychiatrist
(Zeta-Jones), Dr. Banks prescribes Emily to a new anti-depressant, Ablixa;
however, Emily starts to display strange symptoms owing to the the medication.
Not only sleep-walking, but some far more serious.
Intended as the final feature film for veteran film-maker
Steven Soderbergh (best known for Sex, Lies And Videotape (1989) and Ocean’s 11
(2001)), Side Effects is not really enough of a masterpiece to serve as a grand
finale, but it is a competent, provocative and intriguing thriller. Like a lot
of thrillers of this nature, the story does become rather too convoluted and in
its attempts to weave an interesting, complex story there are a couple of minor
holes in the plot in terms of realism. However, the film is well-handled with
an interesting character in Rooney Mara’s Emily Taylor and some interesting yet
under-stated imagery.
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