Some directors make a movie every five years. Some every two. Steven Soderbergh makes so many lately that he seems intent on creating a whole new filmography to go with his previous one. Here's a thought, Stevie: Don't retire! Stop rushing. There are plenty of movies to be made and you're only 49 years old.
The Happy Couple Chan & Rooney. Or are they....?
His new thriller Side Effects starring Channing Tatum and Rooney Mara now has a trailer. Let's break down it down with a yes no or maybe so right here...
YES
- Why is Rooney Mara's voice so druggy... oh, right. The title. I'm intrigued.
- Amusing how the trailer starts with happy images that could have been right out of a real "this pill will make everything about your life generically great/romantic" drug ad. Ask your doctor what Ablixat can do for you.
- "Ablixat" haha. That sounds so real and typical. And also creepy and destructive. Thus, it's perfectly titled
- Channing Tatum, Jude Law Rooney Mara, and CZJ? Yes please. It doesn't suck to be Soderbergh come casting time.
NO
- Not a jaundice color palette again! Oh Stevie. I hate yellow.
- That cheap scare tagline "in some instances death may occur". I hope Soderbergh isn't some reactionary anti-science person.
MAYBE SO
- Contagion had its moments if not enough of them so if Soderbergh needs another crack at death and pharmaucetical thrills of sorts, so be it.
- The trailer is purposely vague but one gets the sense there's some sort of icky sexual side effect. If one of the side-effects is a movie that uses Hollywood's favorite misogynistic sub-theme 'Female Sexuality is Scary' than I'm out.
The trailer in question..
Are you a yes, no or maybe so?