The Directing

Director Steven Soderbergh who bid farewell to the world of movie making (for the art of painting, yes you heard me right, painting) recently definitely takes a bow in grand style. Side Effects definitely goes down in the records as one of the best movies he has ever made. For a man who has been very relevant over the last 6 years with at least a movie every year, hardly did any one of them fall short of expectations. Although I wasn’t a big fan of Magic Mike (honestly, I haven’t finished the movie till this day) but critics were full of nothing but praises for the movie shortly after its release. So always was the positive response to Ocean’s 13, Contagion, Traffic, and the list goes on and on.

Side Effects which delivers a classic neo-noir story was so well done, I am sure any mistake sighted in the movie would be seen as some part of Soderbergh’s style. Like many of his other movies do, Side Effects relies on awesome storytelling and captivating performances from its acts.

The Acting

Rooney Mara was absolutely mind blowing as usual in this movie. Just like she blew our minds in Girl with a Dragon Tatoo, she did again in this movie and totally stole the show from everyone else. She will most likely get an Oscar Nomination for her performance in this movie. Jude Law who played the more troubled and desperate Doctor Watson in this movie wasn’t short of a lovely performance himself. At some point in the movie, I got so drawn in, I started to truly feel sad for all the happenings going on in his life, before I finally snapped out of it.


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