Side Effects Page #3

Synopsis: Karly Hert is hired by the Braden-Andrews to work as pharmaceutical sales representative persuading doctors to prescribe drugs from Braden-Andrews. Karly feels a moral dilemma with her unethical job, but is seduced by the salary, car, bonus and benefits offered by the corporation. When Karly meets her former rep Zach Danner, they fall in love with each other. Karly gives herself a deadline of six months to quit her job and she decides to be honest with the physicians. The result increases the market share of Braden-Andrews and Karly is promoted; receives a BMW as an upgrade. When the anti-depressive Vivexx is approved by FDA, Karly finds that there are medical reports showing liver issues hidden by the industry. Karly is nominated by Braden-Adrews to the award Industry Rep of the Year and she needs to take a decision.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Production: WARNER BROTHERS PICTURES
 
IMDB:
4.9
Metacritic:
46
Rotten Tomatoes:
11%
R
Year:
2005
90 min
Website
214 Views


Well that's different, you, you have one in the

hopper. You always have one in the hopper.

It will happen Grace.

You don't understand. I'm bigger than 90% of the

guys out there.

Well, look at it this way, you can tell which ones

are prematurely balding.

Well, there is that.

(giggling)

All right, all right.

Where are you taking me?

Ahhh stop, you can't look.

You wanna help me get a dog?

Oh my God. I would love to.

All right let's go.

Too pretentious.

Kind of fluffy.

Pink bows.

(laughing)

(Barking)

Bad with kids. No way.

(Laughing)

(Barking)

Going nuts.

It's too yappy.

Oh Zach, ohhhh look how sweet he is. Oh my

God.

He's cute, but there is no way I am ready for a

puppy.

Ah come on.

Too much getting up in the middle of the night with

a pooper scooper.

Too much training.

Yeah, you are probably right.

I love this dog.

Yea, it's a good dog. Good puppy.

We're going to live over there, we're going to live

over there.

Going down the road.

Going downtown.

I think he's getting car sick, or she.

I like my marshmallows burnt.

Oh no, gotta feed her first. She's the lady.

Ladies first.

What, no poker?

How tall are you anyway?

Here we go. I'm 6'1".

Wow, I like a lot of woman.

OK:

Knock, knock.

Come in.

(laughing)

Hi, how are you?

Are you tired?

No.

Oh my God, does it get any better than this?

# Just isn't love without you there.

(laughing)

(murmuring)

Are you going to try harder? I don't get it.

Yes. Okay.

It's unacceptable...

Oh honey.

Happy belated birthday!

Thanks Dad!

You know, I was thinking on the way over here...

Had I boinked your mother 3 days earlier, you'd

have been an easter baby. (chuckling)

Yea, imagine that.

Oh here Dad, just a little gas money.

Thanks.

Bye.

Bye.

Thanks.

Interesting.

(ding-dong)

Good morning Dan, oh Jacqueline I wasn't

expecting you to join us this morning.

We need to have a little chat about your recent

performance.

Uh, do we have to do this here?

Go on inside, daddy will be right there.

What about this stuff?

Just toss it.

I'll need the keys to your car.

Where's Scott?

People, let's just make sure we have the message

locked and loaded.

We need to be ready to hit the ground running the

moment Vivexx gets approval.

But before we start our grinders, I thought maybe

we could get a few words from the comeback kid.

According to the weeklies, Karly has had a market

share gain of 5% each week for the last 5 weeks.

Congratulations Karly. What's your secret?

I'm just trying to do my job the best way I know

how.

Practice makes perfect folks, let's get started with

Remember the only way to enjoy instant success

with Vivexx, is to have our message locked and

loaded.

Ready - Set - Start!

Dr. Smith, I'd like to introduce you to Betty. Betty

was voted most likely to succeed.

Unfortunately for Betty depression interfered with

her plans. Do you have any patients like Betty in

your practice?

Well, yes, quite a few.

Well Dr. Smith, today I would like to tell you why

new Vivexx is the drug of choice in patients like

Betty.

Vivexx offers your patients proven unsurpassed

clinical efficacy.

Stop and move.

Start.

Dr. Smith, I'd like to introduce you to Betty. Betty

was voted most likely to succeed.

Unfortunately for Betty depression interfered with

her plans. Do you have any patients like Betty in

your practice?

Well, yes, quite a few.

Blah, blah, blah, blah, I'm sorry you were saying?

...in patients like Betty.

The last time we launched a drug like Vivexx, I

bought my house with the bonus check.

Karly, could you come here a minute?

You keep up this pace and you're going to be

looking at management.

There's a thought.

Oh and one more thing, Dan could you excuse us

a moment?

Sure.

Thanks.

Now this is somewhat of a sensitive topic, but if

you look around, you'll notice that this is quite a

conservative company.

I'm sorry, I'm not quite sure I know what you

mean.

This is so hard,

But I think you need to re-evaluate the way you

dress.

I mean, with your recent performance, I would

hate to have you let, a little thing,

like appearance, get in the way of any career

moves.

I just have your best interest in mind.

I'm sorry. Could you be more specific? Because

we were told that all meetings were business

casual.

If you take a look at the company dress code,

you'll see that at the very least...

You should be wearing panty hose. That would

be a good start.

You're one of us now. How do you think I ended

up in management?

There are rumors.

If you'll excuse me.

Excuse me sir, can you share a few thoughts

about your opinion regarding pharmaceutical

representatives?

Between you and me...

If they want send in a nice piece of T&A in here to

tell me about their wonderdrug, I'm all for it.

$15,000... awesome.

And this is the top of the line.

Ohhh, ohhhh, this one is nice.

(giggling)

Aaaaahhhhh.

Beep (fax machine)

Holy sh*t!

I must admit, I was really nervous.

Hey don't you guys have a new drug coming out?

Yea we do.

It's actually looking like it's going to be pretty

good.

I received the latest, expecting the usual.

And... ahhhh...

That's an increase.

Wow.

It's quite outstanding.

Hmmmm, surprising.

Wow! It's incredible. I've never seen anything

like it. She's remarkable.

And what's her name?

Karly Hert

Make sure we don't lose this one.

Ring, ring (telephone)

Hello.

Hi Karly, this is Jacqueline, I'm in town this

morning,

I'm going to be at the copy shop making some

copies, faxing a few things.

Do you think you could meet me here?

Uh, um, sure.

It won't take long.

Okay.

# Can you see my intensity? Sometimes it's

even too much for me.

# Drowning in too much to do. It's getting late, I

can't afford to lose this time.

There you are, how are you?

Good.

Thanks for meeting me.

Listen, I think we got off to a really bad start last

week. I would really like to put it behind us and

start over.

Uh, OK.

(sigh)

Alright, I will see you later.

Alright. Hmmm.

Please, table for 2? Ah yes, non-smoking. Thank

you.

Oh lordy (laughing) Dr. Wheeler, wow, hi. How

nice to see you.

So nice to see you. What a surprise.

Yea, I didn't know you left the office to eat.

(Laughing)

Well, you gotta eat sometime.

(laughing) Yeah, oh, I'm sorry. This is Zach.

Nice to meet you.

Cindy. Hi.

Oh maybe we should all dine together. Do you

guys mind?

That would be wonderful.

Oh great.

# I get tired, when nothing happens.

I'm going to have to take it.

Oh there is just one more stop we have to make.

OK:

Nice?

Yea,

An upgrade, you've earned it.

Oh my God, Oh my God! OK

Ahhhh, ahhhhh, ahhhh. Hell no. What is this?

What does it look like?

When did you get a BMW?

It's a company car, it's just an upgrade.

But I thought you were quitting.

Yea, I thought you were quitting.

Oh yea, Zach's here.

Oh shoot. The coffee shop.

The coffee shop.

Forgive me.

Jacqueline called, she wants you at the

manager's meeting in Lake Geneva next week.

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Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau

Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau (pronounced like "Moscow") is an American filmmaker, yoga instructor, and former pharmaceutical sales representative (or "rep" for short). She is known for writing, directing, and co-producing the 2005 satirical film Side Effects. As of 2013, she was the owner of "the Studio", a yoga studio in Madison, Wisconsin. more…

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