STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: The director Steven Soderbergh made his name in 1989 with his film "Sex, Lies and Videotape." Since then he's had commercial hits like "Oceans 11" and some really strange flops, like "Bubble." Soderbergh has said that his latest film might be his last.</s>STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Kenneth Turan has this review of that new movie "Side Effects."</s>KENNETH TURAN: The less said about "Side Effects," the better. There's nothing wrong with it, quite the contrary, but it's got a deliciously complex plot that works best in an information blackout.</s>KENNETH TURAN: Central character Emily Taylor is played very effectively by Rooney Mara. Emily's husband is about to be released from prison after a four-year sentence for insider trading. That triggers a devastating depression in Emily, like a poisonous fog bank rolling in. She attempts suicide, which leads her to a friendly, understanding psychiatrist played by Jude Law.</s>KENNETH TURAN: The psychiatrist puts Emily on the latest anti-depressant available in consultation with her previous doctor, played by Catherine Zeta Jones</s>KENNETH TURAN: First, all is going well. But then, in the blink of an eye, it isn't, and all hell breaks loose. It would ruin the fun to detail exactly what kind of hell, but it does make everyone wish the drug had never entered their lives. "Side Effects" is undeniably far-fetched, but it's made with so much cinematic skill it makes implausibility irrelevant. If this does prove to be Soderbergh's final film, he picked a heck of a one to go out on.</s>STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Kenneth Turan who reviews movies for MORNING EDITION and the Los Angeles Times.
The movie stars Jude Law, Rooney Mara, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Channing Tatum. Our critic reviews Side Effects, which director Steven Soderbergh says might be his last.