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Side Effects
Hummingbird Pictures

Side Effects reviews
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Metascore: 46 Metascore out of 100
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MPAA RATING: R for momentary language and brief sexuality

Starring Katherine Heigl, Lucian McAfee, David Durbin, Dorian DeMichele, Temeceka Harris, Beth Hebert, and Mimi Sagadin

A young woman fumbles with love and ethics as she navigates a career with one of corporate America's darlings… the pharmaceutical industry.


GENRE(S): Comedy  |  Drama  |  Romance  
WRITTEN BY: Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau  
DIRECTED BY: Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau  
RELEASE DATE: DVD: May 16, 2006 
Theatrical: May 5, 2006 
RUNNING TIME: 98 minutes, Color 
ORIGIN: USA 

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80
Film Threat Eric Campos
The romance here is rich and the laughs plentiful.
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50
LA Weekly Mark Olsen
It’s a tantalizing idea - a little rom-com sugar to help the Big Pharma exposé pill go down -but Slattery-Moschkau is simply not a writer of the caliber necessary to pull off that delicate balancing act.
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40
Chicago Reader J.R. Jones
The story lurches from heavy-handed satire to heavy-handed drama. Heigl gives a winning performance, though Slattery-Moschkau seldom misses an opportunity to show her prancing around in her underwear.
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38
Chicago Tribune Jessica Reaves
There is a great, even revolutionary movie to be made about pharmaceutical companies in America. Side Effects is definitely not it.
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