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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

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

  • depression
  • new york city
  • fraud
  • insomnia
  • deception
  • cover-up
  • murder
  • lawyer
  • doctor
  • patient

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Ratings

IMDb

7.1/10

202,864 votes

Rotten Tomatoes

82%

Metacritic

75/100

Year
2013
Runtime
106 min
Genres
Crime, Drama, Mystery
Rated
R
Awards
5 nominations total

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Key facts

Directed by
Steven Soderbergh
Written by
Scott Z. Burns
Produced by
Lorenzo di Bonaventura Gregory Jacobs Scott Z. Burns
Starring
Jude Law Rooney Mara Catherine Zeta-Jones Channing Tatum
Cinematography
Peter Andrews
Edited by
Mary Ann Bernard
Music by
Thomas Newman
Production companies
Endgame Entertainment, FilmNation Entertainment , Di Bonaventura Pictures
Distributed by
Open Road Films
Release date
February 8, 2013 ( 2013-02-08 ) (United States)
Running time
106 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$30 million
Box office
$66.7 million

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Encyclopedic overview

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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Side Effects” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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