Side Effects (2005)

Directed by

Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau

Genre

comedy drama, romantic comedy

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 30m

Rated

R

Rating

5.7 of 10 from 41 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A pharmaceutical sales representative starts questioning her job when she sees the unethical practices in the drug industry. She faces personal and professional choices that test her conscience.

satiricalthoughtfulwryromanticcriticalconversationallightly dramatic

What happens

Side Effects is a 2005 romantic comedy about the pharmaceutical industry, directed by Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau and starring Katherine Heigl as Karly Hert, a pharmaceutical "detailer", who becomes disillusioned with the lack of ethics in the pharmaceutical industry and has tough choices to make. The film also stars Lucian McAfee, Dorian DeMichele as Karly’s unscrupulous boss, Dave Durbin, Temeceka Harris. The film's title is a reference to the medical term side effects and is based on a true story. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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