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Old 02-07-13 | 08:40 AM
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Steven Soderbergh on Quitting Hollywood, Getting the Best Out of J-Lo, and His Love of Girls:
http://www.vulture.com/2013/01/steve...versation.html
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Old 02-07-13 | 10:29 PM
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Just saw a preview screening of this. Pretty good thriller/drama that'll be hard to discuss while avoiding spoilers. I keep reading she's treated for anxiety but I thought it was pretty obvious it was for depression?

Good thing Rooney Mara replaced Blake Lively.
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Re: Side Effects (2/8/13, Dir: Soderbergh)
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Ebert ends his 3.5 star review of this movie with: "Soderbergh came, he saw, he conquered, and now he's moving on."

Also this minor spoiler sounds nice (from that interview)
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In Side Effects, Catherine Zeta-Jones has a sex scene with Rooney Mara, and your HBO film Behind the Candelabra stars Michael Douglas as Liberace and Matt Damon as his lover. Are you trying to spice up or break up the Douglas-Zeta-Jones marriage?
Traffic brought them together. The Bitter Pill and Liberace will bring them apart.
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Old 02-08-13 | 11:10 AM
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Rooney Mara looks a lot like that actress who plays the young reporter on House of Cards.
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Rooney Mara looks a lot like that actress who plays the young reporter on House of Cards.
I feel like I'm walking right into a Groucho-esque setup, but they're sisters.
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i feel like i'm walking right into a groucho-esque setup, but they're sisters.
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I really really really enjoyed it. Was not expecting it to be such a thinking movie
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Re: Side Effects (2/8/13, Dir: Soderbergh)
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Just saw a preview screening of this. Pretty good thriller/drama that'll be hard to discuss while avoiding spoilers. I keep reading she's treated for anxiety but I thought it was pretty obvious it was for depression?
Yes, very difficult to discuss it without revealing something. Suffice it to say that much of it was not what I was expecting and that it's terrific.
Spoiler:
I would say there is deliberate misdirection in the trailer as to what sort of film it is. Not in the sense that it is a thriller but whether it takes the typical Hollywood direction of films of this kind.
Going to see it a second time for sure.

Soderbergh and Scott Z Burns are a great Director/Writer combo. Three for three so far (hopefully Soderbergh will not retire). Although Contagion and Side Effects vaguely share a medical plot they are completely different while both are excellent.

By the way, I disliked both Haywire and Magic Mike a lot but when Soderbergh is on his game he is one of the best.
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I enjoyed it, did not expect some of the things to happen, so going in without knowing much aside from that trailer was good.
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Old 02-09-13 | 03:29 PM
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Re: Side Effects (2/8/13, Dir: Soderbergh)
Saw it. I agree that this needs to be viewed with as little knowledge as possible. Liked it a lot, and it's a fitting end to Sodebergh's theatrical movie run if true. Rooney Mara did a good job of being completely different from Lisabeth Salander yet maintaining the edgy/don't piss this girl off attitude.

I think Soderbergh might have paid homage to Hitchcock in more ways than one.
Spoiler:
Tatum is, by any regular standard, the biggest name in the cast and is riding a wave of stardom. Similarly, Janet Leigh was on the upswing when she made Psycho, and both get killed at the end of the first act.


Also, could someone possibly interpret the end bit as
Spoiler:
male fantasy fulfillment? Mara and Zeta-Jones make-out in a rather steamy manner, Jones is then placed in handcuffs, then Mara winds up back in the asylum. Basically, the evil lesbian lovers are screwed, and the man wins everything.

Just saying...
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Re: Side Effects (2/8/13, Dir: Soderbergh)
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Also, could someone possibly interpret the end bit as
Spoiler:
male fantasy fulfillment? Mara and Zeta-Jones make-out in a rather steamy manner, Jones is then placed in handcuffs, then Mara winds up back in the asylum. Basically, the evil lesbian lovers are screwed, and the man wins everything.

Just saying...
Spoiler:
I thought the end bit was another victim of American style story telling. For whatever reason, it seems directors all felt the need to tie everything up in a just and happily ever after end. I thought the movie could be just as powerful if Dr. Banks figured out the scheme but couldn't produce enough evidences to prosecute. Like the prosecutor said, the ladies beat us. There is no need to force a good triumph over evil end down our throat. Examples of these do happen in real life. With that said, I thought the whole act of Dr. Banks evaluating Emily as a continue risk so she would have to go back to psychiatric ward is ridiculous. Yes, she was acquitted of murder by reason of insanity, but she could still be charged for conspiracy to murder and felony murder. Those would be new charges, since there wouldn't have been conspiracy in her first trial. Double jeopardy deals with the charges, not the act. If there later determined to be more charges for the same act, state can still bring charges.
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Old 02-09-13 | 05:17 PM
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Re: Side Effects (2/8/13, Dir: Soderbergh)
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Spoiler:
I thought the end bit was another victim of American style story telling. For whatever reason, it seems directors all felt the need to tie everything up in a just and happily ever after end. I thought the movie could be just as powerful if Dr. Banks figured out the scheme but couldn't produce enough evidences to prosecute. Like the prosecutor said, the ladies beat us. There is no need to force a good triumph over evil end down our throat. Examples of these do happen in real life. With that said, I thought the whole act of Dr. Banks evaluating Emily as a continue risk so she would have to go back to psychiatric ward is ridiculous. Yes, she was acquitted of murder by reason of insanity, but she could still be charged for conspiracy to murder and felony murder. Those would be new charges, since there wouldn't have been conspiracy in her first trial. Double jeopardy deals with the charges, not the act. If there later determined to be more charges for the same act, state can still bring charges.
Agreed...was really loving it until the twist and turns. I wish it was left more ambiguous, as you described.
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Old 02-11-13 | 07:58 AM
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Re: Side Effects (2/8/13, Dir: Soderbergh)
This was soo good. Thought Jude Lew and Rooney Mara were excellent. The reviewers calling this an "erotic thriller" are kind of overselling that point though.
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Old 02-11-13 | 08:48 AM
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Re: Side Effects (2/8/13, Dir: Soderbergh)
I enjoyed it quite a bit. In less capable hands, it could've just been a run of the mill thriller, but the direction, the cast and the music really elevated it to something else entirely.

I am glad that
Spoiler:
I had been warned that Channing wasn't in it nearly as much as the ads make it seem
or I would've felt really jipped.
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Old 02-13-13 | 09:21 PM
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Re: Side Effects (2/8/13, Dir: Soderbergh)
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Also, could someone possibly interpret the end bit as
Spoiler:
male fantasy fulfillment? Mara and Zeta-Jones make-out in a rather steamy manner, Jones is then placed in handcuffs, then Mara winds up back in the asylum. Basically, the evil lesbian lovers are screwed, and the man wins everything.

Just saying...
I thought it was a nod to Hayes code Hitchcock.
Spoiler:
The evil homosexuals get their due(e.g. Rope, Strangers on a Train)


Since I hated Dr. Banks wife I was hoping for an ending where
Spoiler:
Drs. Banks and Siebert are sipping drinks on a beach in the Caymans
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Old 02-13-13 | 09:25 PM
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Re: Side Effects (2/8/13, Dir: Soderbergh)
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This was soo good. Thought Jude Lew and Rooney Mara were excellent. The reviewers calling this an "erotic thriller" are kind of overselling that point though.
Yeah, nothing erotic about this movie except the last 10 minutes. And even that is a stretch. But it's a great film. The tone and pace of this film felt exactly like "Contagion". Which I loved. So I'm said he won't be directing any more.
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Old 02-14-13 | 01:57 PM
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Since I hated Dr. Banks wife I was hoping for an ending where
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Drs. Banks and Siebert are sipping drinks on a beach in the Caymans
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If this was the ending, then this movie would have been wilder than Wild Thing.
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Saw this today, very much enjoyed it. I think Soderbergh is one of the more under appreciated directors working right now. This movie along with Haywire and Contagion were excellent and I'm hard pressed to name a director so consistent and prolific.
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Sad that this was Soderberg's final theatrical feature. Not that it was bad, but it could've been made by almost anyone. Wish he would've gone out in a bigger fashion.
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Saw it last night and liked it a lot. Lots of twists and turns. A couple plot holes but nothing major.
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Caught a matinee today and really enjoyed it. I hadn't read hardly anything about the film, so the twist was a nice surprise.
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saw this yesterday and it's really sticking with me. in the hands of a lesser talented director this could've easily been quite sleazy and poorly crafted. soderbergh treats the material with a fine skill and keeps things interesting. great hitchcock/polanski-esque feel overall. i really loved the pacing and the performances from the all the actors involved. good score, great twists and turns. easily the best film i've seen this year. soderbergh will be missed.
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Re: Side Effects (2/8/13, Dir: Soderbergh)
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I thought the end bit was another victim of American style story telling. For whatever reason, it seems directors all felt the need to tie everything up in a just and happily ever after end. I thought the movie could be just as powerful if Dr. Banks figured out the scheme but couldn't produce enough evidences to prosecute. Like the prosecutor said, the ladies beat us. There is no need to force a good triumph over evil end down our throat. Examples of these do happen in real life. With that said, I thought the whole act of Dr. Banks evaluating Emily as a continue risk so she would have to go back to psychiatric ward is ridiculous. Yes, she was acquitted of murder by reason of insanity, but she could still be charged for conspiracy to murder and felony murder. Those would be new charges, since there wouldn't have been conspiracy in her first trial. Double jeopardy deals with the charges, not the act. If there later determined to be more charges for the same act, state can still bring charges.
Spoiler:
The whole "getting enough information but they walk" thing is cliche as hell now too though, so it would have had to of been a completely different ending altogether. I agree the end was ridicuous, but I think it was just the screenwriter and director having some fun.


Finally saw this. I knew where the movie was going but still enjoyed the entire thing. Entertaining story with solid acting and directing.
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Saw this tonight. An excellent little thriller. Keeps you guessing until the end, fantastic performances by the entire cast.

Worth checking out, do so if you're on the fence.
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