In "Side Effects," Soderbergh continually falls back on a particular camera trick. He begins with a close-up on the face of a character or object, and slowly lets them fall in and out of focus. This technique is the film in a nutshell: you never know quite what you're looking at, what is real and what isn't, until the final frames. It's well worth the ride to find out. Midway through "Side Effects," the depressed Emily (Rooney Mara) notices a billboard in her subway station. The billboard depicts a euphoric young woman skipping around a field of dark green grass, against a sky of pastel blue. "Ablixa," it says, "Take back tomorrow." Naturally, a considerable amount of fine print. But she doesn't read it. She immediately visits her psychiatrist, Dr. Banks (Jude Law), and asks for a prescription.
Side Effects
Side Effects
Side Effects
In "Side Effects," Soderbergh continually falls back on a particular camera trick. He begins with a close-up on the face of a character or object, and slowly lets them fall in and out of focus. This technique is the film in a nutshell: you never know quite what you're looking at, what is real and what isn't, until the final frames. It's well worth the ride to find out. Midway through "Side Effects," the depressed Emily (Rooney Mara) notices a billboard in her subway station. The billboard depicts a euphoric young woman skipping around a field of dark green grass, against a sky of pastel blue. "Ablixa," it says, "Take back tomorrow." Naturally, a considerable amount of fine print. But she doesn't read it. She immediately visits her psychiatrist, Dr. Banks (Jude Law), and asks for a prescription.