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Side Effect
“What if Evil came in a pill?”
64%
Movie
13m
AI Analysis
Side Effect (2008) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of Side Effect (2008) — a movie tagged as cinema with nostalgic moods and fast-paced pacing.
Story & themes: Lauren is an overachieving teenage babysitter for the Allens, who leave her in charge of their adorable young children, while they head out for some much-needed alone time. Unbeknownst to them, Lauren, overworked and overstressed, is getting a little extra help from a new prescription medication. The meds come on st… Our models also surface themes such as identity, conflict, and relationships from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for general audiences. Expect fast-paced storytelling (~13 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate Side Effect 64% (7 votes) — solid community ratings for this movie.
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Synopsis
Lauren is an overachieving teenage babysitter for the Allens, who leave her in charge of their adorable young children, while they head out for some much-needed alone time. Unbeknownst to them, Lauren, overworked and overstressed, is getting a little extra help from a new prescription medication. The meds come on strong, twisting Lauren's appearance and causing an icy change in her demeanor, but the powerful medication also helps her get all of her duties done in a quick and efficient manner. Everything seems normal until Mr. and Mrs. Allen return home to discover the horrifying result of Lauren's brutal efficiency. Side Effect is a blood-curdling tale of science gone wrong in a pill-popping culture where the cure is more deadly than the disease.
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 2008-03-06
- Runtime
- 13m
- TMDB rating
- 6.4
- TMDB ID
- 153108
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What is Side Effect about?
Lauren is an overachieving teenage babysitter for the Allens, who leave her in charge of their adorable young children, while they head out for some much-needed alone time. Unbeknownst to them, Lau... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
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How long is the movie Side Effect?
The official runtime for Side Effect is approximately 13 minutes.
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