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Side Effects

2013 · 106 min

A sleek, chilly thriller that keeps you guessing, with a clinical mood and mounting unease.

Genres
Thriller, Crime, Drama
Tagline
One pill can change your life.
Overview
A woman turns to prescription medication as a way of handling her anxiety concerning her husband's upcoming release from prison.
How it feels
Tense, dark, melancholic and cynical. Measured and needs your attention.
About
Deception, obsession, betrayal, crime
Content
Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
Note
Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour2
Realism7
Romance3
Tension7
Darkness7
Complexity8
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
thriller, crime, drama
Directed by
Steven Soderbergh
Written by
Scott Z. Burns
Starring
Rooney Mara, Jude Law, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Channing Tatum, Vinessa Shaw, Ann Dowd, Polly Draper, David Costabile
Music
Thomas Newman
Cinematography
Steven Soderbergh
Runtime
106 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English, French

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