Movie #570 ............................"A Dangerous Method"

Movie #561 "A Dangerous Method" was a very atypical Cronenberg movie, but well acted, and very cerebral. I wanted to see this since I saw that it was in theatres because it centers around the first female psychoanayst who happens to be a person who was treated by Dr. Jung using Dr. Freud's methods. It's the turn of the century, pre WWI, and there's a debate in psychology on how to treat the mentally ill and how much sex has to do with people's problems. Freud thinks that Jung might take up his practice after he dies, and Jung finds faults in some of the practices and theories of the famous Dr. Freud. It's an interesting historical film on a subject not often handled in movies, and I liked watching it, esp. while the theatre was empty because everyone else was watching the superbowl. I'll have to do that again next year!



I rate this 3.5 out of 5 stars
A Dangerous Method
(2011) R
In this David Cronenberg-helmed biopic, Viggo Mortensen stars as Sigmund Freud, whose relationship with fellow psychology luminary Carl Jung (Michael Fassbender) is tested when Sabina Spielrein (Keira Knightley), one of the first female psychoanalysts, enters their lives. This World War I-set drama also stars Vincent Cassel as Otto Gross, a disciple of Freud, and Sarah Gadon, who plays Jung's psychoanalyst wife.
Genre:Dramas, Dramas based on real life, British Movies, 20th Century Period Pieces, British Dramas
This movie is:Cerebral