Of course you need some stellar performances to pull the whole thing off, and you get them from Jude Law and Rooney Mara. I enjoyed the opening shots of the hive-like apartment buildings of Manhattan and the closing shots of the hive-like correctional buildings on Rikers Island.
Showing posts with label Scott Z. Burns. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Scott Z. Burns. Show all posts
Sunday, June 2, 2013
Side Effects
I dreamed of pharmaceuticals last night -- Wellbutrin, Gabapentin -- after streaming Steven Soderbergh and Scott Z. Burns' latest project, Side Effects. If you think you've seen it all in a crime drama, definitely check out Side Effects; it will be worth your time and expense. It's an amazing bit of writing. To structure a compelling story about depression and the unholy alliance between psychiatry and pharmacology set against the backdrop of a soulless financialized capitalism that's killing us all, and then to shift from what you think is a human-interest drama to a criminal whodunnit -- bravo! -- that's good.
Of course you need some stellar performances to pull the whole thing off, and you get them from Jude Law and Rooney Mara. I enjoyed the opening shots of the hive-like apartment buildings of Manhattan and the closing shots of the hive-like correctional buildings on Rikers Island.
Of course you need some stellar performances to pull the whole thing off, and you get them from Jude Law and Rooney Mara. I enjoyed the opening shots of the hive-like apartment buildings of Manhattan and the closing shots of the hive-like correctional buildings on Rikers Island.
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