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Side Effects (2013)

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Directed by Steven Soderbergh, Jonathan is a successful psychiatrist who begins having sessions with Emily, a young married woman who is dealing with the jail release of her husband Martin. When Emily is reunited with Martin, Banks prescribes a drug called Ablixa to treat Emily’s anxiety disorder. Soon after taking the drug, Emily awakens to find a dead body in her apartment, having murdered the person. Jonathan is then investigated and questioned whether it was Emily’s intention to murder the person, or if she is a victim of his medical treatment.

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Hope Springs (2012)

Directed by David Frankel, Kay and Arnold are a devoted couple, but decades of marriage have left Kay wanting to spice things up and reconnect with her husband.  When she hears of a renowned couple’s specialist in the small town of Great Hope Springs, she attempts to persuade her skeptical husband, a steadfast man of routine, to get on a plane for a week of marriage therapy. Just convincing the stubborn Arnold to go on the retreat is hard enough — the real challenge for both of them comes as they shed their bedroom hang-ups and try to re-ignite the spark that caused them to fall for each other in the first place.

Revolutionary Road (2008)

Directed by Sam Mendes, It’s 1955. Frank and April Wheeler, in the seventh year of their marriage, have fallen into a life that appears to most as being perfect. They live in the Connecticut suburbs with two young children. Frank commutes to New York City where he works in an office job while April stays at home as a housewife. But they’re not happy. April has forgone her dream of becoming an actress, and Frank hates his job – one where he places little effort – although he has never figured out what his passion in life is, determine never to be trapped by the social confines of their era, the Wheelers find themselves becoming exactly what they didn’t expect.

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