I'm not one to ever give bad reviews on movies as there are normally parts of the film I enjoy. I came across this film thinking it would be interesting to see what side effects the drugs her psychiatric gave her would do.I was interested in this film for around 30 minutes and it started to drag on making it a little boring. When I got half way I was on the verge to giving up on it but I don't stop watching films in case it gets interesting at some point but unfortunately that was not the case. I wouldn't recommend this movie and I'm very surprised this film has quite a high rating... Maybe its because Channing Tatum was in it because i don't see why else.

"Side Effects." A depressed woman sees a psychiatrist, is given a new drug, murders her husband while in an apparent trance, and finds herself alone in a heap of trouble.I don't know if that sounds promising to you but it sounded like an onrushing express train of clichés to me. The poor woman, helpless and screaming, booted around and dragged through an indifferent court and a vicious mental hospital. Nobody to turn to. Screams, tears, condemnations, vilification by the press and former friends until -- at last -- a friendly face turns up, an understanding man of some repute and authority, preferably handsome and rich, and then -- Sob.It's not like that at all. I was only able to catch about twenty minutes of it but anyone thinking of watching it should not expect a Lifetime Movie or a typical woman-in-jep story. I won't get into the plot further because it gets tricky.Rooney Mara doesn't inspire confidence at first glance. In the excerpts I saw, she seems stuck in a single groove -- the sullen victim. Yet, when the occasion permitted, she lightened like an incandescent bulb and got the point of the scene across with minimal effort -- a keen comment or a knowing smile.The movie depends on her but she gets good support from Catherine Zeta-Jones as a voluptuous psychiatrist on whom one would like to practice transference to its fullest extent, and from Channing Tatum as the perplexed husband.I avoided it for months on television. Now I'll look forward to viewing it intact.

This movie will sneak up on you. I have to say first, I advise not knowing anything about it before watching it, or as little as possible. In the spirit of that sentiment, I will keep this brief. The movie starts off slowly, with a young woman (Rooney Mara) suffering from depression and seeking medication. Just bear with it. Soderbergh is sly in his pacing and how he unfolds the story, and as questions inevitably turn to her psychiatrist (Jude Law) and precisely what happened after she takes the pills, the film reminds one of a very solid Hitchcock film. Suspense and tension are created in cerebral ways, without a lot of over-the-top action, which is a pleasure to see. Mara and Law help considerably with that as they both turn in good performances, as does Catherine Zeta-Jones, despite her lesser screen time. Very well made, and definitely worth watching.

From the minds of Steven Soderbergh and Scott Z. Burns is the psychological thriller Side Effects, using the world of psychiatry and American healthcare as its setting.Emily Taylor (Rooney Mara) is a woman suffering from depression whose husband (Channing Tatum) is released from prison for inner trader. After a suicide attempt Emily goes to see a psychiatrist, Jonathan Banks (Jude Law) who prescripts her a new antidepressant. But the antidepressant has side effects and after Emily commits a crime and Dr. Banks' life starts to fall apart because of it. Yet Banks suspects foul play and has to play detective to figure out the truth.Running at 100 minutes Side Effects is a taut little thriller that twists and turns constantly, turning from a drama about mental issue to a legal drama and finally the detective story. Rooney Mara was absolutely brilliant as Emily suffering the quiet despair of depression, having a distance look on her face, keeping her problems to herself as she contemplates ending it all. It was brilliant portrayal of someone suffering from the condition and along with her performance in The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo shows how great an actress she is and how is able about to encapsulate characters will issues.Side Effects starts as a drama about mental issues and evolves into a thriller. Soderbergh and Burns make sure there are many different avenues and plot threats to keep us guessing. Ideas introduced into the film is Dr. Banks being overworked, Banks being paid by a pharmaceutical companies to trial drugs and having his own issues ahead of his patients and a corporate conspiracy. The theme of people with depression are really just given a cocktail of drugs to treat their condition instead of actually looking for any long term cure and how people in mental health wards are stigmatised and how their behaviour is interpreted differently in those conditions.Side Effects shares a premise with the legal thriller Primal Fear where Banks has to figure out what was the cause of the crime and whether Emily is telling the truth about her condition.Side Effects is supposedly meant to be Soderbergh's last film. If it turns out to be true then at least with Side Effects that is a smart thriller that has plenty of mainstream appeal.