Side Effects (2013)
79%RT Audience Score: 70%
Awards & Nominations: 5 nominations
A smart, clever thriller with plenty of disquieting twists, Side Effects is yet another assured effort from director Steven Soderbergh
Side Effects is a wild ride that will have you questioning everything you thought you knew about the pharmaceutical industry. It’s like a rollercoaster, but instead of loops and drops, you get twists and turns that will leave you on the edge of your seat. And just when you think you’ve got it all figured out, the movie throws you for a loop. It’s a thrilling mystery that will keep you guessing until the very end. So buckle up and get ready for a wild ride with Side Effects!
Production Company(ies)
Lucasfilm,
Distributor
Open Road
Release Type
Streaming, Theatrical, Theatrical (Limited)
Filming Location(s)
Manhattan Psychiatric Center – 125th Street, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
MPAA / Certificate
Rated R for sexuality, nudity, violence and language
Year of Release
2013
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Dolby Digital Datasat
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Aspect ratio:1.85 : 1
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Runtime:1h 45m
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Language(s):English, French
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Feb 8, 2013 Wide
Release Date (Streaming): May 21, 2013
Genre(s)
Drama
Keyword(s)
starring Jude Law, Rooney Mara, Channing Tatum, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Vinessa Shaw, Ann Dowd, directed by Steven Soderbergh, written by Scott Z Burns, drama, box office performance, budget, reviewed by Inkoo Kang, J Hoberman, Trevor Johnston, Chris Stuckmann, Wesley Morris, Joanne Laurier, Grant Watson, Brent McKnight, Yasser Medina, Debbie Lynn Elias, MPAA rating R, insider trading, depression, suicide attempt, psychiatrist, medication, ruined lives, death, disquieting twists, pharmaceutical industry, deceit
Worldwide gross: $63,414,135
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $80,558,022
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 1,125
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 8,784,953
US/Canada gross: $32,172,757
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $40,870,599
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 1,157
US/Canada opening weekend: $9,303,145
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $11,818,232
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 902
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): $30,000,000
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): $38,110,441
Production budget ranking: 991
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): $20,522,472
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): $21,925,108
ROI to date (est.): 37%
ROI ranking: 1,207
Rooney Mara – Emily Taylor
Channing Tatum – Martin Taylor
Catherine Zeta-Jones – Dr. Victoria Siebert
Vinessa Shaw – Deidre Banks
Ann Dowd – Martin’s Mother
Director(s)
Steven Soderbergh
Writer(s)
Scott Z. Burns
Producer(s)
Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Gregory Jacobs, Scott Z. Burns
Film Festivals
Awards & Nominations
5 nominations
Academy Awards
All Critics (223) | Top Critics (75) | Fresh (181) | Rotten (42)
Dr. Banks’ battle against evil lesbian scheme-hatchery sculpts him into a perfect husband, father, and doctor. It’s surprising there isn’t an epilogue to the film of him undergoing yet another transformation-this time into a saint, or maybe Superman.
January 14, 2021
Inkoo Kang
Bitch Media
TOP CRITIC
Side Effects showcases much of what the just 50-year-old filmmaker does best.
February 22, 2019
J. Hoberman
ARTINFO.com
TOP CRITIC
Just when the film seems to have settled into that particular rubric, it sidesteps into a different bad-dream scenario… Which is where Side Effects starts getting slippery to a fault, and seriously problematic with it.
July 31, 2018
Trevor Johnston
Sight & Sound
TOP CRITIC
It is, when the end credits roll, a sold, sturdy little mystery – sleek, and more than a little junk-foody.
June 21, 2016
Jason Bailey
Flavorwire
TOP CRITIC
A chilling, disturbing portrait of the dangers of the pharmaceutical industry, as well as the evil of deceit.
April 23, 2015 | Rating: A-
Chris Stuckmann
ChrisStuckmann.com
TOP CRITIC
It’s difficult to escape the impression that the movie is impressed only with its cleverness.
January 3, 2014
Wesley Morris
Grantland
TOP CRITIC
One feels a certain sympathy, but, unfortunately, Soderbergh continues to look for a formal or organizational solution to what is an objective artistic and intellectual problem.
August 13, 2020
Joanne Laurier
World Socialist Web Site
A medically-centred thriller that promises to be one kind of film before taking a sharp turn into being a second – and much less interesting – kind.
August 6, 2020 | Rating: 4/10
Grant Watson
Fiction Machine
Side Effects never takes the easy road, instead pointing an accusatory finger at all sides, at all the pieces that come together.
July 9, 2020 | Rating: B+
Brent McKnight
The Last Thing I See
Though it doesn’t contain Steven Soderbergh’s best-in-class storyline, Side Effects is an acceptable thriller when it uses the right dose of mystery. [Full review in Spanish]
June 25, 2020 | Rating: 6/10
Yasser Medina
Cinemaficionados
Side Effects is a thrilling mastery of mystery!!
November 27, 2019
Debbie Lynn Elias
Behind The Lens
An engaging and deeply pleasurable nail-biter done without compromises.
June 8, 2019 | Rating: 3/4
Mattie Lucas
The Dispatch (Lexington, NC)…
Plot
Despite being reunited with her husband from prison, Emily Taylor becomes severely depressed with emotional episodes and suicide attempts. After conferring with her previous doctor, her psychiatrist, Jonathan Banks, eventually prescribes an experimental new medication called Ablixa, but the drug’s side-effects lead to Emily killing her husband while in a “sleepwalking” state. With Emily plea-bargained into mental-hospital confinement and Dr. Banks’ practice crumbling around him, the case seems closed. However, Dr. Banks cannot accept full responsibility and investigates to clear his name. What follows is a dark quest that threatens to tear apart what’s left of his life even as he discovers the diabolical truth of this tragedy.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
No goofy or funny or odd comments were found in the Fresh Kernels review for Side Effects.
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