A Dangerous Method

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A Dangerous Method

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Released Nov 23, 2011

1h 39m

Drama

Mystery & Thriller

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Dr. Carl Jung treats Sabina, a beautiful and unbalanced patient, using the methods of his mentor, Dr. Sigmund Freud, but a rivalry between the doctors forms as each falls under her spell.

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A provocative historical fiction about the early days of psychoanalysis, A Dangerous Method is buoyed by terrific performances by Michael Fassbender, Keira Knightley, and Viggo Mortensen.

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Candice Frederick

Reel Talk Online

But, all in all, the movie is quite good and deserves more than one viewing just to keep up with the enthralling consecutive dialogues and often profound one-liners...

Rated: B+

Sep 8, 2017

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David Thomson

The New Republic

It makes for an absorbing drama and leaves the mustiness of cigars in the theatre.

Jun 20, 2013

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David Stratton

At the Movies (Australia)

Both Michael Fassbender and Viggo Mortensen are impressive, but the film belongs to Keira Knightley, who gives a quite astonishing performance, one modelled closely on existing film of women patients who suffered from this kind of hysteria.

Rated: 4/5

Mar 28, 2012

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Joe Lipsett

Anatomy of a Scream Podcast Network

A sexy bore. Completely unsure what attracted Cronenberg to this, but he's on autopilot.

Rated: 2/5

Jan 30, 2025

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

A richly complicated tale that finds pioneers lost in their own frontier.

Rated: 4/4

Aug 3, 2023

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Emiliano Basile

EscribiendoCine

An intelligent, appealing and viciously interesting film. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 8/10

Dec 7, 2021

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romina r

This was a surprisingly bad thing involving a good director and actors, Knighley's "crazyness" felt totally cliché and exaggerated. In the movie's defense, I couldn't get past the first half, so maybe it did get better at the end?

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

11/25/24

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David W

Like many psychology stories, A Dangerous Method is filled with intellectual intrigue and complex characters. However, like most psychology movies, this one suffers from a slow pace that began to wear on me as a viewer. I would definitely watch this again if there were nothing better to choose from.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/24/24

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Aliza l

First of all, I never liked Kiera Knightley. Her facial expressions are cringe worthy. The content of this flick looked promising, so I thought I'd give it a try. It was just awful. Kiera who plays Sabina, who is a patient of Carl Jung overacted the role so much that it was nauseating. I've worked in psychiatric before and let me tell ya, Kiera looked more like someone suffering from Tourettes Syndrome then someone who was abused as a child. When I initally met "Sabina" on screen, I couldn't believe how ridiculous she appeared. To me, the whole movie was so fragmented that I couldn't, try as I did, put together a smooth flow. It was just all over the place with so many unanswered questions. You just got fed bits of this and bits of that leaving you hungry for more background to put t it together. Not worth your time, trust me.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

09/12/23

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rohit m

i wanted to like this movie so much though Keira can't act , she irritated me so much i just wanted this movie to be over , worst performance by an actress , she can't act

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

09/05/23

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Georgan G

Great approach to a triple biography of 3 famous figures in the history of psychology. The fair depiction of all three was enabled by excellent acting. My friend isn't into psychology at all & enjoyed it.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

06/20/23

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Jelisije J

A movie that really makes you think about the subject matter of psychology that is being discussed by the pioneers of that field.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

04/07/23

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Synopsis

Dr. Carl Jung treats Sabina, a beautiful and unbalanced patient, using the methods of his mentor, Dr. Sigmund Freud, but a rivalry between the doctors forms as each falls under her spell.

Director: David Cronenberg
Producer: Jeremy Thomas
Screenwriter: Christopher Hampton
Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics
Production Co: Recorded Picture Company (RPC)
Rating: R (Sexual Content|Brief Language)
Genre: Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 23, 2011, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 27, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA): $5.7M
Runtime: 1h 39m

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