Side Effects

Side Effects

One pill can change your life.

2013106 min6.6 / 10

A taut psychological thriller that uses prescription medication and psychiatric deception as a vehicle for exploring complicity, professional ethics, and the unreliability of truth in high-stakes urban crime.

A woman turns to prescription medication as a way of handling her anxiety concerning her husband's upcoming release from prison.

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