Jonathan Banks (Jude Law), one of the dime a dozen pill-pushers, who starts Emily on a series of SSRI anti-depressants - all of which come with their own side effects. From what we see, Emily is an eager-to-please young wife who is overcome by the stress that comes along with being a young working woman adjusting to having her spouse home.Īfter a suicide attempt, she begins treatment with Dr. From the moment we meet her, she looks completely depressed and lifeless, as if breathing in and out is a labor of love for her.
Since she shares much of Lisbeth’s affect: the monotone voice, the deadpane stare, the general lack of emotive responses, it is hard for me to review her performance. Jude Law, Rooney Mara, Catherine Zeta Jones: Rooney Mara, freshly washed of all her Lisbeth makeup and excessive piercings, plays Emily - a fresh, young, married woman with a husband who has recently been released from prison. It is mostly character-driven, suspenseful, and well-written.Īs usual, I will review the good and not-so good points: The Good: There is a surprise ending here that I did not see coming, and I’m sure those with a psychology background could analyze the relationships outlined in this film far better than I could. When you go back, 2 weeks later, they will look at you with vacant eyes and report that surprisingly, you are the only person who has had such side effects.īut the film also takes on the big elephant in the room: pharmaceutical company paranoia. Psychiatrists see you for 15 minutes and some will change or adjust your medications so abruptly that you feel like you’re losing your mind. Doctors are overburdened, under-paid, and over-stressed. I understand what it feels like to be bounced between doctors, one prescribing a medication for symptom X, another prescribing you a medication for symptom Y, only to find that symptom Y is a side effect of symptom X and that you really now have symptom Z which requires yet another prescription. I’ve taken a number of prescriptions - not necessarily psychiatric drugs, but prescriptions nonetheless, that have made me feel at times crazy, sick, and angry. However, the overall message of the film isn’t limited to such drugs. These are the pills prescribed to us by psychiatrists - those working in a field which used to be based on psychotherapy and long-term treatment but has recently gone the way of pill-pushing. This drugs that this film focuses on are not illegal narcotics, but certainly something just as potent. This film is personal to me, not only because one of my parents works in the mental health profession, but also as a young woman who has taken a number of medications over the course of her life. I had no idea it would be a complete “trust no one” conspiracy theory medical thriller that will have you running your psychiatrist’s license plate numbers the next time you leave their office.
I expected the Side Effects to be an almost documentary type film about, well, the side effects of drugs. I saw the film Side Effects based on the excellent review given to me by a friend who works in the psychiatric field.
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