Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Side Effects

Actors:  Rooney Mara, Jude Law, Channing Tatum, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Vinessa Shaw  
Rating:  8 out of 10, Wow, unbelievable – a really smart movie – huge surprise, although Channing Tatum as a Wall Street banker was a bit of a stretch.  A movie that grants the audience a modicum of intelligence and then runs with it.  I love movies that leave small early clues to the major late plot shift, basically giving you the tools the figure out the big surprise but not being obvious about it.  Mara is back in chameleon form seemingly a new character in each new scene. However this movie belongs to Jude Law in arguably his strongest role ever.  He plays the victimized psychiatrist who steadfastly pursues the truth.  He’s definitely moved beyond his pretty boy roles.  A great watch.
MVP:  Law as Dr Banks tortured but triumphant

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