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Side Effects (2005 film)

Side Effects
Directed by Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau
Produced by Katherine Heigl
Written by Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau
Starring Katherine Heigl
Dorian DeMichele
Distributed by Warner Brothers
Release date
  • March 7, 2005 (2005-03-07) (Cinequest Film Festival)
  • September 9, 2005 (2005-09-09) (United States)
Running time
90 minutes
Country United States
Language English

Side Effects is a 2005 romantic comedy about the pharmaceutical industry 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. Also starring Lucian McAfee, Dorian DeMichele, Dave Durbin, Temeceka Harris. The movie's title is a reference to the medical term side effects.

The film was written and directed by former pharmaceutical sales representative Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau. The movie is a semi-autobiographical account of Slattery-Moschkau's decade of work in the pharmaceutical industry. Katherine Heigl served as the film's executive producer.

The film was shot in 18 days in the summer of 2004 on a budget of $190,000.

In 2009, New Line and Warner Bros. released the film to DVD.

The film received mixed to negative reviews, it received an approval rating of 11% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 9 reviews.



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