Side Effects (2013)

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After a suicide attempt, Emily Taylor meets a psychologist, Dr. Jonathan Banks. She is prescribed various types of antidepressant drugs to cure her of her depression. After being prescribed a mixture of medications, Emily Taylor faces the consequences of the side effects.

This film is directed by Steven Soderbergh. This film's story feels directly like a classic Hitchcock film. It reminiscences classic psychological thrillers with a modern twist. It plays of very recent fears of not knowing how much control we have with various psychological drugs. It also plays on the fear of how much control patients and doctors have. This film does keep a dry tone though out the film that works. It also feels like it need san intermission. It begins one way with one character, and that radically changes to a new character and seemingly a new storyline. This change creates a unexpected twist. The story does become a little far fetched once it reaches the climax of the twist, but its effective. There is some gore, but not too much. There are also no jump thrills, or fast paced action. Its thrills rely purely from the script. This film also does a great job with visual manipulation to keep the plot twist as surprising as possible. The cast was great in this film. The acting was very subtle. Rooney Mara played the role of Emily Taylor. She was great in her role. She truly gave the film its twist. However, it would still be better if it were easier to hear on screen. Jude Law played the role of Dr. Jonathan Banks. He was great as the doctor. Unfortunately, under either light it is hard to feel wholly sympathetic for his character. Channing Tatum played the role of Martin Taylor. He was good, but his character needed more definition. Catherine Zeta-Jones played the role of Dr. Victoria Siebert. She was great in her limited role. Her small time on the screen works for the film.

I give this film 3 out of 5 stars! It has a great suspense story that keeps you unaware of its future surprises.

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Que: What other film did director Steven Soderbergh direct?

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