Side Effects

Also known as The Bitter Pill

2013 film directed by Steven Soderbergh

Film · TMDB

6.6

A woman turns to prescription medication as a way of handling her anxiety concerning her husband's upcoming release from prison.

Released: 2013-02-07106 minDir: Steven SoderberghThriller, Crime, DramaBudget: $30.0MBox office: $63.4M

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Cast

Rooney Mara as Emily Taylor
Jude Law as Jonathan Banks
Catherine Zeta-Jones as Dr. Victoria Siebert
Channing Tatum as Martin Taylor
Vinessa Shaw as Dierdre Banks
Ann Dowd as Mrs. Taylor

Themes

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Article

Side Effects is a 2013 American crime thriller film directed by Steven Soderbergh and written by Scott Z. Burns. It stars Rooney Mara as a woman who is prescribed experimental drugs by psychiatrists (Jude Law and Catherine Zeta-Jones) after her husband (Channing Tatum) is released from prison.

Side Effects was released in the United States on February 8, 2013, by Open Road Films. It received positive reviews and grossed $66 million worldwide.