Better Living Through Chemistry
Happiness has no formula
A darkly comedic descent into moral chaos as a buttoned-up pharmacist's affair with a reckless woman pulls him into a world of sex, drugs, and potential murder.
A straight-laced pharmacist's uneventful life spirals out of control when he starts an affair with a trophy wife customer who takes him on a joyride involving sex, drugs and possibly murder.
Essence
Ensemble
Sam Rockwell
Douglas Varney
Michelle Monaghan
Kara Varney
Olivia Wilde
Elizabeth Roberts
Jane Fonda
Pharmacy Customer
Ray Liotta
Jack Roberts
Norbert Leo Butz
Agent Andrew Carp
Ben Schwartz
Noah
Ken Howard
Walter Bishop
Jenn Harris
Janet
Harrison Holzer
Ethan Varney
Peter Jacobson
Dr. Roth
Sonnie Brown
Principal Song-Carmichael
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