Side Effects | |
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Directed by | Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau |
Produced by | Katherine Heigl |
Written by | Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau |
Starring |
Katherine Heigl Dorian DeMichele |
Distributed by | Warner Brothers |
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Running time
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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.