Mara and Law are terrific in this film. Mara does a great job of drawing you into the character and making you feel her pain, while at the same time, you’re trying to understand her and what is going on with the story.

| Original Score: B+ | Aug 23, 2024

A sexy, surprising, and straightforward psychological thriller that leads to a fulfilling payoff.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 22, 2023

Steven Soderbergh has crafted a meticulously treacherous Hitchcockian thriller; the atmosphere crackles with sexual tension and betrayal.

| Mar 22, 2023

Soderbergh skewers the reluctance to discuss mental health in an unforgettable psychological thriller...

| Feb 17, 2023

... Soderbergh’s take on the Joe Esterhaus thrillers of the nineties, only smarter, more clinically-focused (as Soderbergh is wont to do), and without the ice picks. For all the twists, this is a thriller that turns on character.

| Jan 7, 2023

Soderbergh keeps the viewer involved and never sure what to expect, while every twist and turn comes as a surprise, informed and enhanced by the tricky film’s critique of the pharmacological industry.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Sep 12, 2022

The performances are strong and Soderbergh has a visual style that perfectly fits this type of film.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 25, 2022

Dr. Banks' battle against evil lesbian scheme-hatchery sculpts him into a perfect husband, father, and doctor. It's surprising there isn't an epilogue to the film of him undergoing yet another transformation-this time into a saint, or maybe Superman.

| Jan 14, 2021

One feels a certain sympathy, but, unfortunately, Soderbergh continues to look for a formal or organizational solution to what is an objective artistic and intellectual problem.

| Aug 13, 2020

A medically-centred thriller that promises to be one kind of film before taking a sharp turn into being a second - and much less interesting - kind.

| Original Score: 4/10 | Aug 6, 2020

Side Effects never takes the easy road, instead pointing an accusatory finger at all sides, at all the pieces that come together.

| Original Score: B+ | Jul 9, 2020

Though it doesn't contain Steven Soderbergh's best-in-class storyline, Side Effects is an acceptable thriller when it uses the right dose of mystery. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 6/10 | Jun 25, 2020

Side Effects is a thrilling mastery of mystery!!

| Nov 27, 2019

An engaging and deeply pleasurable nail-biter done without compromises.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 8, 2019

There were some good reveals towards the last third, but I prefer a little more thriller in my thrillers.

| Mar 3, 2019

Side Effects showcases much of what the just 50-year-old filmmaker does best.

| Feb 22, 2019

Unlike a lot of other thrillers, there is braininess in all of the players here, so that we're engaged by all sides of the equation as the stakes escalate. For those who are fond of mental Rubik's Cubes, Side Effects will be pretty effective.

| Original Score: B | Feb 9, 2019

Stylish, sexually charged and suitably satirical, Soderbergh has -- if Side Effects is to be his last big-screen outing -- gone out on an entrancing, encapsulating high.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 9, 2019

Expect the unexpected and you'll enjoy this chilling ride.

| Jan 26, 2019

Side Effects is a stylish thriller, one that's mostly entertaining, until it decides one big twist isn't enough.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Dec 15, 2018