Side Effects

Side Effects

★ 5.7IMDb Score
Released:2005-03-07
Duration:90 min
Director:Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau
Actors:Katherine Heigl, Lucian McAfee, David Durbin, Dorian DeMichele, Temeceka Harris
Production:Mo Productions

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.

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