Better Living Through Chemistry

Starring: Rockwell, Sam and Wilde, Olivia

Doug Varney (Sam Rockwell) is the model of suburban respectability-until the night he delivers a prescription to the home of Elizabeth Roberts (Olivia Wilde). Gorgeous, seductive and multiply addicted, Elizabeth eagerly introduces Doug to extra-large martinis, uninhibited bedroom behavior and the illicit pleasures of the pharmacopeia he has access to in his store. Disregarded for years by everyone from his domineering wife Kara (Michelle Monaghan) and troubled son Ethan (Harrison Holzer), to the goldbricking employees at the drugstore he bought from his insufferable father-in-law (Ken Howard), Doug surprises himself by embarking on an exhilarating drug-and-alcohol fueled affair with the most glamorous woman he has ever met. But his extracurricular activities quickly send his life spinning out of control when a routine DEA audit reveals serious discrepancies in his inventory. Convinced he's about to lose everything, Doug hatches an ill-considered scheme with Elizabeth that will allow to them to have it all-at an almost unthinkable price.

• Format: Blu-ray
• Language: English
• UPC: 025192197567
• Release Date: September 2014
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Publisher: Universal Home Video
• Director: Posamentier, David
• Starring: Rockwell, Sam, Wilde, Olivia
• Runtime: 1 hour, 31 minutes
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: Blu-ray
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.5" x 5.4"

Customer Reviews

NaCl + h2o and gargle

The story, mostly narration, paints a glum picture for pharmacist Doug Varney (Sam Rockwell). His wife (Michelle Monaghan) is a self-centered daddy's girl. His son is an out-of-control defecator. His father-in-law rules the roost. Well, you get the picture. Then he saw her face; customer Elizabeth Roberts (Olivia Wilde) is everything he ever wanted. She leads him down the rabbit hole to explore s-e-x, drugs, and possibly murder. As his world unravels, we unravel with him. It looks like he has had it. I was caught off guard by the cameo at the end. I should have suspected from the narration.