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Side Effects
“Love is a drug!”
57%
Movie
1h 30m
AI Analysis
Side Effects (2005) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of Side Effects (2005) — a movie tagged as Comedy, Drama, and Romance with funny and emotional moods and steady pacing.
Story & themes: America! Built on a better pill. Karly Hert has spent the last ten years selling drugs. Legally, that is. Karly is a pharmaceutical sales representative. She sells pills to doctors. She makes lots of money. She has a company car. She has a nice fat expense account. But there's a growing pit in Karly's stomach. Somet… Our models also surface themes such as identity, conflict, and relationships from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for date night and casual background watching. Expect steady storytelling (~90 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate Side Effects 57% (41 votes) — mixed but watchable scores for this movie.
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TMDb audience score
57%
from 41 TMDb votes
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Synopsis
America! Built on a better pill. Karly Hert has spent the last ten years selling drugs. Legally, that is. Karly is a pharmaceutical sales representative. She sells pills to doctors. She makes lots of money. She has a company car. She has a nice fat expense account. But there's a growing pit in Karly's stomach. Something isn't right behind the scenes at big pharma. Based on the director's decade working directly for the industry.
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 2005-03-07
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- TMDB rating
- 5.7
- TMDB ID
- 7871
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What is Side Effects about?
America! Built on a better pill. Karly Hert has spent the last ten years selling drugs. Legally, that is. Karly is a pharmaceutical sales representative. She sells pills to doctors. She makes lots ... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
Is there an AI analysis for Side Effects?
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How long is the movie Side Effects?
The official runtime for Side Effects is approximately 90 minutes.
Cast & crew
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Directors & writers
Cast

Katherine Heigl
Karly Hert
- L
Lucian McAfee
Zach Danner
- D
David Durbin
Dan
- D
Dorian DeMichele
Jacqueline
- T
Temeceka Harris
Grace
- B
Beth Hebert
Sarah

Mimi Sagadin
Katie
- S
Sandy Adell
Dr. Jones
- D
David M. Ames
Dr. Jakobs
- J
John Apple
Plant Manager
- R
Ron Baumgartner
Business Man @ Plant
- C
Collin Spencer
T. Bates
- B
Bill Bolz
Scary Man
- S
Stacy Brickson
Dr. Collins
- N
Nathan Caracter
Recruiter
- T
Tom Christianson
Dr. Michaels
- N
Nathan Connor
Scott
- J
Janet Cresson
Debbie
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