After attending the premiere of Side Effects, I breathed a sigh of relief that the Soderbergh was back. Get up where you fall, it's easy to say, but very few people can seriously practice it, especially in the film industry. There can only be one failure on the big screen, because once is enough to completely destroy you. Many famous guides are not guaranteed in the evening, but they fall into the pit and can't get up again. From this point of view, Soderbergh is on the axis. Similar to "Infectious Diseases", which was a big disappointment in the industry two years ago, the theme of human nature and medical conspiracy in modern diseases, the same gorgeous star lineup, I have another round. "Side Effects" is back to what he is best at, making a well-crafted and sophisticated commercial film, with a little more personal style, like messing up the neatly combed wavy hair of a bright and beautiful beauty a little bit, which is more amorous.
The story of "Side Effects" takes place in New York, a microcosm of all the major cities in the world today. There are restless and distressed souls wandering around, and you are too embarrassed to go out unless you are mentally ill. People in the movie, especially women, are well aware of all kinds of psychoactive drugs, and talking about the new antidepressant is like evaluating the next season of neon clothes in the window. As an old Chinese saying goes, medicine is poisonous, and it is about the side effects of medicines. The murder in Cao Mengde's dream happened to Emily, the weak and delicate wife whose husband had just been released from prison, but she really doesn't remember anything. If the judiciary finds Emily innocent, the psychiatrist who prescribed her, and the big manufacturers of psychotropic drugs with sleepwalking side effects, will have to pay dearly.
Movies with psychological suspense are the most suitable for actors to fight. In "Side Effects", Zeta Jones is beautiful and ruthless, Jude Law is calm and thoughtful, and Rooney Mara, who plays the female lead, must be praised. A New York girl born in 1985, Rooney Mara, who comes from two big football families, is a veritable second-generation rich in America. I have seen her three plays, and I am really happy. In "The Social Network", it's just an ordinary cute girl. In "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo", she turned into a Nordic punk girl, bleached her eyebrows and wore nipple rings, so she could go out for the show. When it came to "Side Effects", he definitely took the lead, couldn't get rid of the characters, and was a big-name senior who didn't care about acting at all. She is so young, so beautiful, and so unfortunate in the movie. Sensitive, vulnerable, and dazed, she was so ill-fated, she completely deceived me in the end. Seeing her getting up in the middle of the night to cook in a trance, finely slicing sweet peppers, her beautiful eyes stared blankly. In the end, she dazedly stabbed the kitchen knife into the abdomen of her returning husband, knife after knife, until he fell. The camera turned back to be the most pure and innocent pale face. She finally dropped her hand and fell into a deep sleep on the bed. Not a single line, but full of tension. The performance is meticulous and accurate, very dexterous, this girl is incredible.
I have been shouting for retirement for a long time, but Soderbergh has been more busy than anyone in the past two or three years. "Magic Mike", "Winning Shot" to "Side Effects", finally made "Infectious Diseases" such a huge failure. To turn the page, kill a beautiful carbine. Some people like Soderbergh, who was the first to make independent films, and some people persuade him to steadily make commercial films that are pleasing to watch. In my opinion, the combination of the two is him. Soderbergh has recently become obsessed with oil painting again, and the entire studio has been transformed into a studio for him, where the canvas is nailed everywhere, and the brush can be picked up at any time to practice. Only the energetic Soderbergh announced with joy: "My friends, I'm going to devote time and energy to developing another artistic talent of mine. Come back and make an Oscar-nominated film!"
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