'Side Effects' Defines Film Noir
There's a thriller on the loose and a chilling indictment of the nation's pharmaceutical industry.
Editor's Note: "Side Effects" is showing at Cherokee 16 Cinemas in Towne Lake and at Carmike RiverStone 15 Cinemas in Canton. Oscar-winning director Steven Soderbergh is behind this thriller that shows you what can happen when prescription medications like antidepressants go haywire in "Side Effects." Rooney Mara plays a woman with a lot going on in her life. Her husband, Channing Tatum, is getting out of prison. She's in a financial crisis and in deep depression. Her psychiatrist, Jude Law, subscribes an experimental new drug at the request of another medical colleague played by Catherine Zeta-Jones. While on the drug, Mara's character sleepwalks her way into a murder, and from there we go on a thriller roller-coaster ride. There is a …
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Joe Rincon
2:09 pm on Saturday, December 8, 2012
Movie was a good feel type. Was a shallow acting attempt. Easy enterainment and some funny scenes. I give it a two and a half more ›