Film Review – Side Effects

If there’s any filmmaker working today who should go after the
labyrinthine pharmaceutical industry, it’s Steven Soderbergh. A helmer
who enjoys the challenges of cinematic control and thematic precision,
Soderbergh knows how to wield a whip. Unfortunately, “Side Effects” is a
mystery with only a fringe appreciation of pills and the process of
medical zombification, using the elements as a Trojan Horse to smuggle
in a routine thriller that sinisterly slides into view after a
particularly haunting opening half. While it seems like material with a
lot on its mind about the state of the world, “Side Effects” would
rather work out an implausible scheme of betrayals, robbing the audience
of the agitation they deserve. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com