“Side Effects,” a line of trivia on the film’s IMDb page tells us, is “Reported to be Steven Soderbergh’s final film as a director.” Artists often talk of retirement, only to keep working until they can’t work anymore.

I certainly hope Soderbergh turns out to be this sort of hypocrite. He’s made some of the best films of the last few decades, and “Side Effects” proves he still has a sharp eye and an acute sense for the psychologically disturbing.

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