Side Effects

Jean, This is a scary, almost spooky good movie. 

It is about psychiatrists and medicines but much more than that. I was slow to pick up the clues of where they were going with the plot. In the middle of the movie I was a little foggy about the film's direction. You have to buy the ending which of course is something of a big surprise. All the cast are very good, but that Rooney Mara is just plain scary again. I was thinking in terms of "Jagged Edge" and "Fatal Attraction" after seeing this film. Steven Soderberg puts together some really entertaining films.   At the ending you are thinking in terms of seeing it again to clarify what you had seen.  Dad

Rooney Mara in "Side Effects"

P.S. The previews were:

Safe Haven

Admission

Oblivion

The Host

Stand Up Guys

Jean, This movie was better than I really expected. I was looking forward to Al Pacino playing Al Pacino but the movie has more substance to it as well as some very funny moments. Pacino and Walken seem to careen through a number of set pieces on their way to an ending that seems inevitable but at the same time is a little unsatisfying. Maybe you want a little more of those two as the movie is not too long at all.  Dad

Christopher Walken and Al Pachino fire their weapons in "Stand Up Guys"

P.S. The previews were:

Mud

The Place beyond the Trees

Pain and Gain

Emperor