Side Effects Page #9

Synopsis: Emily Taylor, despite being reunited with her husband from prison, becomes severely depressed with emotional episodes and suicide attempts. Her psychiatrist, Jonathan Banks, after conferring with her previous doctor, eventually prescribes an experimental new medication called Ablixa. The plot thickens when the side effects of the drug lead to Emily killing her husband in a "sleepwalking" state. With Emily plea-bargained into mental hospital confinement and Dr. Banks' practice crumbling around him, the case seems closed. However, Dr. Banks cannot accept full responsibility and investigates to clear his name. What follows is a dark quest that threatens to tear what's left of his life apart even as he discovers the diabolical truth of this tragedy.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Director(s): Steven Soderbergh
Production: Open Road Films
  5 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.1
Metacritic:
75
Rotten Tomatoes:
83%
R
Year:
2013
106 min
$32,154,410
Website
1,775 Views


It's a tranquilizer,

been around for years.

You know the people shuffling around

like zombies with vacant

eyes in the prison ward?

They were on Thorazine.

So this is for Depakote.

It'll settle your mood,

but hair loss

is a side effect.

What is this?

As part of our arrangement,

I'll also be sending you

to the Gramercy for urine tests

to make certain you take your meds.

And I'm seeing you again

tomorrow, all right?

Try not to be late.

Angry people are frequently late.

This is bullshit!

You sound angry. Have you

read the court order?

You have to obey the

terms of your release.

Yeah, I'm here.

Those terms mandate that if I

believe you are a danger in any way

I need to send you back

to hospital immediately.

If I don't, I'm in

violation of the law.

I got Siebert for you.

I'm a cooperating witness.

"Very noncompliant... " The

deal was I testify against her

and I get out. "... with

a history of violence. "

This isn't out, this is f***ed!

"Dangerous".

I think this needs a new diagnosis.

Based on what?

What did I do?

To the question,

"There are objects and creatures

all around us only I can see,"

you answered, "True".

You filled that out!

Schizoaffective disorder.

I think I need to send you back.

Mrs. Taylor!

OFFICER:
Emily Taylor!

Miss Taylor, stop!

Central,

we have a 330-20.

No, he's lying!

He's lying!

I'm not sick, I'm not sick!

I promise I'm not sick!

He's the sick one! He

just wants the money!

No, I'm not sick, I promise!

Don't bring me back,

I don't want to go back!

I don't want to go back!

I don't want to go back!

(INAUDIBLE)

MAN:
How are you

doing today, Emily?

Better.

Much better.

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Scott Z. Burns

Scott Z. Burns (born 1962) is an American screenwriter, producer, and director. Burns has written screenplays for The Bourne Ultimatum (2007), The Informant! (2009), and Contagion (2011), all of which feature Matt Damon. His films The Informant!, Contagion, and Side Effects were directed by Steven Soderbergh. Burns also produced the Academy Award-winning An Inconvenient Truth. In 2018, it was announced that Burns would direct The Torture Report, a drama about the secret torture program inside the CIA. Burns is a native of Golden Valley, Minnesota and graduated in 1985 with a degree in English from the University of Minnesota. He currently lives in Los Angeles. more…

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