Side Effects (or Mara as it is listed on FreeVee) is a confusing mess of a movie. The opening has a rape (or attempted rape as I fast forwarded through it) that is off putting; it occurs in a home robbery/invasion situation so unnecessary as physical violence would have worked as well in the plot. After this, the husband tries to "erase" this from his and his wife's mind, falling upon a "herbal hypnotist (?)" that seems to unleash alternate versions of the husband's life where his wife knows him or doesn't. There are supernatural elements that pull in surreal qualities leading to a psychedelic quality becoming a confusion part of the plot. There are pieces of this that I liked, but it doesn't come together well as a whole. And it ends with a recapture of the rape. This main plot device is just ugly. Not enough of a movie value to suffer through these 2 scenes or appreciate any of the cinematic element devices employed.
Review of Mara
