4.0
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Side Effects (2005)
Side Effects (2005)
Overview
America! Built on a better pill. Karly Hert has spent the last ten years selling drugs. Legally, that is. Karly is a pharmaceutical sales representative. She sells pills to doctors. She makes lots of money. She has a company car. She has a nice fat expense account. But there's a growing pit in Karly's stomach. Something isn't right behind the scenes at big pharma. Based on the director's decade working directly for the industry.
Starring Cast
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Political: Strong Left
Diversity: Low
Viewer Rating
4.0
Overview
America! Built on a better pill. Karly Hert has spent the last ten years selling drugs. Legally, that is. Karly is a pharmaceutical sales representative. She sells pills to doctors. She makes lots of money. She has a company car. She has a nice fat expense account. But there's a growing pit in Karly's stomach. Something isn't right behind the scenes at big pharma. Based on the director's decade working directly for the industry.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Primary
The film's central thesis explicitly critiques the unethical marketing practices and profit-driven motives of the pharmaceutical industry, aligning with progressive concerns about corporate power and public health.
The film features a predominantly traditional cast without explicit DEI-driven casting choices. Its narrative focuses on the ethics of the pharmaceutical industry, and does not appear to critically portray traditional identities or center on explicit DEI themes.
Secondary
There is not enough publicly available information for AI to assess this category for this movie.
There is not enough publicly available information for AI to assess this category for this movie.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The film "Side Effects" (2005) is an original production with no indicated source material, prior adaptations, or historical figures. Therefore, its characters are considered new and original, precluding the possibility of a gender swap as defined.
There is not enough publicly available information for AI to assess this category for this movie.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
4.8
5.7
Critic Ratings
1.1
4.6
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