8.3
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Common Side Effects (2025)
Common Side Effects (2025)
Overview
Former high school lab partners Marshall and Frances begin to unravel a conspiracy involving big pharma and the federal government to suppress knowledge of a rare mushroom that may hold the key to curing all the world’s diseases.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Political: Strong Left
Diversity: Not Rated
Family Values: Mixed
Viewer Rating
8.3
Overview
Former high school lab partners Marshall and Frances begin to unravel a conspiracy involving big pharma and the federal government to suppress knowledge of a rare mushroom that may hold the key to curing all the world’s diseases.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Primary
The film explicitly critiques corporate power and government complicity in suppressing a natural, universal cure for all diseases. It champions individual efforts against institutional corruption that prioritizes profit over public health.
The cast demonstrates visible diversity. However, information regarding the film's narrative and its portrayal of traditional identities or DEI themes is not available, which prevents a comprehensive evaluation of its overall DEI characteristics.
Secondary
The narrative explores family dynamics through a daughter's devoted care for her mother and a single mother's commitment to her ill son. It presents diverse family structures and caregiving roles without a clear endorsement of traditional or progressive models.
The film 'Common Side Effects' does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. Publicly available information and plot details do not indicate the presence of queer identities or related narratives within the movie's content.
Common Side Effects does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. The narrative does not include any plot points or character arcs related to transsexual identity, community, or gender transformation, indicating an absence of such portrayals within the film.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
No characters in the film are portrayed with a different gender than their established gender in any source material or historical record. The production does not feature any instances of gender swapping for its characters.
Common Side Effects is an original animated series. There is no prior source material or historical context establishing the race of its characters. Therefore, no character in the series has been portrayed as a different race than previously established.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
8.5
8.4
Critic Ratings
N/A
8.0
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