Side Effects
2013 · Movie · R · 106 min · ★ 6.6 · 79% critics
A woman grapples with anxiety about her husband’s upcoming release from prison and starts relying on prescription medication. As her situation worsens, the fallout pulls her and the people around her into a tense mystery involving the drug’s effects.
Also known as The Bitter Pill
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Details
- Years
- 2013
- Release date
- 2013-02-07
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 106 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 79/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.6/10 (3,313 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this twisty psychological thriller if you like tense mysteries and dark, noir-ish vibes; Not for you if you dislike slow starts or get frustrated by convoluted, sometimes unclear plot threads like London Spy or Euphoria.
Pros: suspenseful mystery; strong performances; twisted feeling | Cons: slow start; confusing plots; uneven ending
Themes
- depression
- new york city
- fraud
- insomnia
- deception
- cover-up
- murder
- lawyer
- doctor
- patient
- drugs
- psychiatrist
- +7 more
Cast & crew
Rooney Mara
as Emily Taylor
Jude Law
as Jonathan Banks
Catherine Zeta-Jones
as Dr. Victoria Siebert
Channing Tatum
as Martin Taylor
Vinessa Shaw
as Dierdre Banks
Ann Dowd
as Mrs. Taylor
Polly Draper
as Eileen Spicer
David Costabile
as Carl
Mamie Gummer
as Kayla
Scott Shepherd
as NYPD Detective
Directed by Steven Soderbergh