Side Effects(2013)- User Reviews

An unflattering portrayal of the Pharmo-Psych Industry . The "Bottom-line" in this case is where the patient signs, and if they don't..fake it..After all who are the authorities going to believe?.. The webs inside of webs of intrigue and …more»

I was surprised some people didn't like this movie. I totally enjoyed this one. I like most of Soderbergh's films. It's fast-paced, well-written; not all details have to be explained and expressed through dialogues. It's like they trust …more»

What a waste of time and money. I foung myself looking at my watch frequently and after an hour had passed, I became depressed myself knowing I still had close to an hour to go before this was over. Nothing like the trailer, it moved very slowly. No …more»

The characters were not believable. A girl commits a terrible crime while under a new anti-depressant. Immediately afterwards, it is only Jude Law's character the psychiatrist, who was blamed for it all. His wife got immediately angry with him. …more»

Terrible Movie. I wen't to see this for Valentines day with my girl friend and I couldn't have regretted it any more. She's a psych major so she thought it would have been a good movie but It wasn't good. It was a depressing moving for …more»

I normally love Jude Law's work. This was okay but not that great. I normally like C. Zeta-Jones' work also. I found them both pretty bland and flat. I was not too fond of the rest, either.

It seems like they tried to fit too much complicity …more»

I saw this movie today, and read the reviews here afterwards. I am so glad I did not see the negative reviews so they could have influenced me to not see it. The acting is great and the twisting plot moves at a pace commensurate with the story. We learn …more»

Saw this with my wife last night. The problem with this movie is that the characters make no sense. I like my characters to be at least a bit believable. Not to spoil anything, but especially the scene in which Jude Law's psych partners yell at him …more»

Except for the fantastic actors this could have been a lifetime movie. I don't know what got lost in this movie that actors of this caliper thought there was anything here. It seemed like it was a good idea but the parts never came together in anything …more»

While there were a few twists which became predictable after a while, the story was slow and not well told. What I mean by not well told is the twists were hard to understand how and why they happened.

The acting was just OK. I think the plot would have …more»