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A very unusual thriller and one that you feel it is going in one way and really changes and then again. Steven Soderbergh clearly as the side effects than more than we imagine and makes the film superior amusement. Rooney Mara and Jude Law excellent as her psychiatrist and her need of a new drug that helps. Catherine Zeta-Jones is fine and is rather than she seems so astute.

It may be because I kept reading and hearing about how many "mind-bending twists" this movie contains, but I was somewhat disappointed with it. The one central twist of the plot is quite predictable, especially when you consider that there are only two possible "truths" about what you have already seen happening, and the film desperately wants you to believe one of them....there IS at least one genuine surprise (the "truth serum" test), but it's a fairly minor one in the whole pattern of things. So, while "Side Effects" is well-directed by Steven Soderbergh and well-acted by a well-selected quartet of stars (plus some key supporting players), it's not really the mind-blower it's being hyped as. ** out of 4.

This film is about a depressed patient who commits a crime after experiencing supposed side effects from a medication she is taking."Side Effects" has a strong cast that plays their characters convincingly. The depressed woman is convincingly helpless and hopeless, and she evokes much sympathy towards the viewers. The psychiatrist's relentless pursuit of the truth, even when all the circumstances were against him, is thrilling and engaging.The plot is very well written, as the story twists towards an unexpected way, where boundaries of morals and integrity become rather blurred. I watch the story with much trepidation, as similar events may happen in my line of work. "Side Effects" is a good thriller that keeps me interested throughout.