Side Effects Page #3

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
1,746 Views


Sometimes the newest thing

gives them confidence.

They see the ads on TV, they believe.

I have a patient with

some similar issues.

I put her on Ablixa.

WOMAN:
Welcome, everyone!

Thank you for coming.

We'll be starting

the presentations soon,

so if everyone can come

in and take a seat.

You know, I may have some samples here.

Let me see.

No. I must have

given them all away.

Here! Have an Ablixa pen.

(CHUCKLES)

Had it been available back then,

I would have prescribed it for

Emily after she miscarried.

Miscarried?

Hmm.

After he went to jail.

She, uh, hasn't mentioned that.

No?

No.

Has he been released yet?

A week ago.

Oh!

Well, maybe that will

help turn things around.

Hmm.

MARTIN:
Look, don't mention

anything to Carl or Kayla

about Hellman. It'll

just make things easier.

I still think Carl's the

one who went to the Feds.

He probably gave us these tickets

because he feels shitty

about everything.

I hope these things work.

Hey.

Look, if you don't feel up

to this, I can go by myself.

I understand if you don't

want to see those people.

All right?

But I got to get back out

there at some point.

EMILY:
If I just sit here by

myself, I'm just gonna feel worse.

I have to at least try.

Dr. Banks would want me to try.

MARTINI Carl?

Martin! Welcome back.

MARTIN:
How are you, sir?

Hi!

CARL:
Emily, good to see you.

Hi. Good to see you.

Kayla, you remember

this beautiful lady here.

Hi.

Thank you so much for having us.

Oh, my, your dress is beautiful!

I love it. It's gorgeous.

Thank you. We're so glad

you guys could come.

It's our pleasure.

Thanks again.

I'm going to go to the bar and get a drink.

Does anyone want anything?

(WHISPERING) Is that such a good idea?

Yeah, it's fine.

I'll be right back.

She looks amazing!

She's doing well.

But going away is hard, and so

is coming back, for everyone.

Martin, I just want to

say I wish I had done

a better job of reaching out.

I really do.

No. That's fine. It's the culture.

It's over now.

MALE BARTENDER:
Good evening, ma'am.

Can I get you something?

Yes, a vodka seltzer, please.

There you go. Enjoy.

Thank you.

(BREATHING DEEPLY)

Em. So, Martin

was just telling...

(SNIFFS)

Honey, what's wrong?

I can't do this.

You know, I went through a

very bad time last year.

I found a lump.

I just fell apart.

I was so depressed,

and, uh, my doctor prescribed

something called Effexor.

It really helped.

Can you get Martin for me?

Yeah.

(BREATHING DEEPLY)

(GLASS CLATTERS)

(EMILY SOBBING)

Hey.

EMILY:
I'm sorry.

I'm sorry!

I can't, I'm sorry.

It's okay, it's okay.

Come here.

Not so close, ma'am!

Thank you.

DIERDRE:
Oh, the advantages of having a

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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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