Side Effects (2013 film)

Side Effects is a 2013 American psychological thriller film directed by Steven Soderbergh from a screenplay written by Scott Z. Burns. The film stars Jude Law, Rooney Mara, Catherine ZetaJones, and Channing Tatum. The film concerns the ramifications of an event following a young woman being prescribed antidepressant drugs, in particular the fictional new drug Ablixa alipazone. To promote the movie, a website for Ablixa was created, and Jude Law answered questions by email.

Emily Taylors Rooney Mara husband Martin Channing Tatum is released after serving a fouryear prison sentence for insider trading. Shortly afterward, Emily drives her car into a concrete wall in an apparent suicide attempt. Jonathan Banks Jude Law, her assigned psychiatrist, fears for her safety but agrees to her release from the hospital as long as she attends sessions with him on a regular basis.Emily tries a series of antidepressant medications, but none of them work. Jonathan contacts Emilys previous psychiatrist, Victoria Siebert Catherine ZetaJones, who suggests that Jonathan put Emily on a new drug called Ablixa. Jonathan is reluctant to put Emily on the experimental drug until she attempts suicide a second time by trying to jump onto a subway track. The medication works, enabling Emily to function normally besides occasional sleepwalking episodes, a side effect of the drug. One evening, she stabs Martin to death while sleepwalking. ........

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