Friday, June 28, 2013

Side Effects (2013)

Director: Steven Soderbergh
Writer:    Scott Z. Burns
Cast:       Rooney Mara, Jude Law, Channing Tatum, Catherine Zeta-Jones

A young woman's world unravels when a drug prescribed by her psychiatrist has unexpected side effects.

The film is a genre bender from Soderbergh in the sense that he is playing around with the audience's expectations. Film in the beginning looks like a typical Soderbergh film in the mould of Erin Brockovich and Contagion but with some twists, it transforms itself into a Noirish film. Soderbergh pulls the transition off neatly but maybe he could have avoided last portion of the the film were justice is served. Like all Soderbergh films, it looks neat and great but the plot is a bit outlandish to but it mildly. Still very fun to watch.

Rating: 3/5

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