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      Hysteria

      R Released May 18, 2012 1 hr. 39 min. Comedy List
      60% 134 Reviews Tomatometer 54% 10,000+ Ratings Audience Score Two doctors (Hugh Dancy, Jonathan Pryce) in Victorian England use manual stimulation of female genitalia to cure their patients' ills, leading to the invention of the vibrator. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Premiered Oct 11 Buy Now

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      Hysteria has an amusing subject but its winking, vaguely sarcastic tone doesn't do the movie any favors.

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      Steve D Entertaining but lacking in reality. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 10/18/23 Full Review Yellowfur D Charlotte's line is very feminist. The invention of the vibrator not only promoted the feminist movement but also benefited women, a win-win situation. The movie-watching experience can only be said to be a light comedy, but there is no climax. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 10/12/23 Full Review Audience Member It's funny as fuck! Yes, yes the female struggle. Once in a while one ought to be allowed to turn its brain off and have a marry old laugh at histories expense. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member Entertaining and insightful! A well spent hour. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review Audience Member Highly entertaining and tongue in cheek humor. Do not watch if you take life too seriously. Otherwise some red Wine, good company, cheese .... & chocolate. Sit back and enjoy. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/05/21 Full Review Audience Member I consider this movie a repetitive and boring movie, it does make a mockery of a few things in the future but that's it. Its one of those movies you start viewing for 5 minutes and you can already tell the end. So for this being one boring film that did not caught my attention, I give " Hysteria " an F-. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Candice Frederick Reel Talk Online Effective acting and Tanya Wexler's direction of a taboo topic (especially given the era in which it's set) cannot save the unbearably choppy and uneven writing of the movie. Rated: C- Sep 8, 2017 Full Review Derek Malcolm London Evening Standard It's all rather sweet in its way, as it treads gingerly round and round its subject. Nicely acted too, especially by Gyllenhaal and Pryce. Rated: 3/5 Sep 21, 2012 Full Review Basia Cummings Little White Lies Maggie Gyllenhaal channels Emma Thompson on heat. No sale. Rated: 2/5 Sep 20, 2012 Full Review James Croot Stuff.co.nz Hysteria is actually a gentle, good-humoured and surprisingly sweet romantic-comedy. Rated: 4/5 Dec 29, 2021 Full Review Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com The truth is that both Hugh Dancy and Maggie Gyllenhaal do fine here, though that is seldom the case when the two are together. Rated: 2.5/4.0 Sep 11, 2020 Full Review Kate Rodger Newshub (NZ) An entirely inoffensive, light and tasty little romp round Victorian London which has been nicely cast and delivered. Rated: 3/5 Aug 30, 2019 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis Two doctors (Hugh Dancy, Jonathan Pryce) in Victorian England use manual stimulation of female genitalia to cure their patients' ills, leading to the invention of the vibrator.
      Director
      Tanya Wexler
      Executive Producer
      Michael A. Simpsons, Eric Brenner, Kenneth Atchity, Sandra Siegal, Leo Joseph, Nathalie Joseph, Mark Kress, Hakan Kousetta, Claudia Blumhuber, Florian Dargel, Peter Fudakowski, Stephen Dyer
      Screenwriter
      Stephen Dyer, Jonah Lisa Dyer
      Distributor
      Sony Pictures Classics
      Production Co
      Informant Media
      Rating
      R (Sexual Content)
      Genre
      Comedy
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      May 18, 2012, Limited
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Feb 12, 2014
      Box Office (Gross USA)
      $1.8M
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