Side Effects (2005)
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11% of critics liked it
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35% of users liked it
(835 ratings)
Side Effects, a semi-autobiographical comedy by neophyte writer-director Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau, stars Katherine Heigl (My Father the Hero, The Ringer) as Karly Hert, an employee for a major pharmaceutical house, who deeply values her position at the firm but gently questions company ethics. She… More Side Effects, a semi-autobiographical comedy by neophyte writer-director Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau, stars Katherine Heigl (My Father the Hero, The Ringer) as Karly Hert, an employee for a major pharmaceutical house, who deeply values her position at the firm but gently questions company ethics. She meets and falls for Zach (Lucian McAfee who works for a week as a sales rep for Karly's firm before he becomes totally disgusted with shaky corporate mores and books it to head out into the country and build his own house. Karly is ready to follow him, until the money starts rolling in. Soon, Karly and Zach run into a head-to-head conflict of values, and Karly is forced to choose between the company and her new beau. Side Effects co-stars Dorian de Michele and Dave Durbin. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi
- Directed By
- Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, Comedy
R,
- In Theaters
- Sep 9, 2005 Wide
- Studio
- WARNER BROTHERS PICTURES
Critic Reviews
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J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
A bad movie on a vital topic.
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Jessica Reaves, Chicago Tribune
Spectacularly lame dialogue, stilted direction, amateurish production values and a soundtrack that distracts from the film as a whole.
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Luke Y. Thompson, Los Angeles CityBeat
of all the people affected by big drug company scams, do we really care about the ethical dilemmas faced by gorgeous salespeople?
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Mark Olsen, L.A. Weekly
While Slattery-Moschkau is obviously coming from a very earnest place -- a card before the final credits compares the annual budget for the pharmaceutical industry to that of her own film -- it doesn't make the overall effort any less clumsy.
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Michele Kenner, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
This is an agitprop effort to get viewers to think about the side effects of one industry's profit motive and how that affects consumers.
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Cast
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Katherine Heigl
as Karly Hert
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Lucian McAfee
as Zach Danner
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Dorian DeMichele
as Jacqueline
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Dave Durbin
as Dan
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Temecka Harris
as Grace
