Side Effects (I) (2013)
5/10
So what's so great about this film? Contains spoilers
8 May 2013
Warning: Spoilers
What's so great about this film? I guessed early on (about 40 minutes in) that Emily hated her husband and was using the excuse of the side effects (she didn't even take the drug) to murder her husband. I also figured there must be another man - or in this case, a woman.

There were no obvious male suspects so it had to be Dr. Victoria. Yeah, it wasn't difficult to put two and two together. So how can this be the twist? People who didn't realise this must be really stupid.

So now I had figured it all out, this left me waiting about an hour for another twist that didn't come, as I had already figured what the only twist was.

It's staggering that anyone can be left shocked that Emily and Dr Victoria were two lipstick lesbians with murder on their minds. Hey, man, it was staring you right in the face.

Ah, but now you're going to tell me the twist was really that Dr. Jonathan turned the tables on the two murdering lesbians. He actually got his own back. Err, hardly a twist.

It's a watchable movie, but way too long. It could have easily lost about 20 minutes on the cutting room floor.

But it makes me think. Are cinema goers really that stupid these days? It's a very average thriller. Nothing more. And the acting wasn't great either.

Just 5/10 from me.
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