A Dangerous Method
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Seduced by the challenge of an impossible case, the driven Dr. Carl Jung takes the unbalanced yet beautiful Sabina Spielrein as his patient. Jung’s weapon is the method of his master, the renowned Sigmund Freud. Both men fall under Sabina’s spell.
What critics thought
Cronenberg's chamber drama about the founding triangle of psychoanalysis earned broad critical respect, with the sparring scenes between Fassbender's Jung and Mortensen's Freud drawing particular attention. The main point of contention was whether the film's cool, observational distance is a deliberate formal virtue or an emotional liability — the same quality that Film Comment ranked among 2011's best left some viewers feeling locked outside the glass.
“The best scenes are those between Mortensen and Fassbender...the tension between the two men mounts as their views conflict: Freud insists that sex is an underlying factor in every neurosis while Jung, interested in spiritualism and the occult, is disappointed by what he considers to be Freud's 'rigid pragmatism.”
Louise Keller·Urban Cinephile
“the film "feels distant, and clinical, in ways you wished it did not”
Steven Rea·The Philadelphia Inquirer
Genres
Drama
Cast & Crew
David CronenbergDirector
Keira KnightleySabina Spielrein
Viggo MortensenSigmund Freud
Michael FassbenderCarl Jung
Sarah GadonEmma Jung
Vincent CasselOtto Gross
André HennickeProfessor Eugen Bleuler
Arndt Schwering-SohnreySándor Ferenczi
Mignon ReméJung's Secretary
Mareike CarrièreFood Nurse
Franziska ArndtBath Nurse
Wladimir MatuchinNikolai Spielrein
Howard ShoreComposer
Christopher HamptonWriter
Peter SuschitzkyCinematographyA Dangerous Method
Seduced by the challenge of an impossible case, the driven Dr. Carl Jung takes the unbalanced yet beautiful Sabina Spielrein as his patient. Jung’s weapon is the method of his master, the renowned Sigmund Freud. Both men fall under Sabina’s spell.
What critics thought
Cronenberg's chamber drama about the founding triangle of psychoanalysis earned broad critical respect, with the sparring scenes between Fassbender's Jung and Mortensen's Freud drawing particular attention. The main point of contention was whether the film's cool, observational distance is a deliberate formal virtue or an emotional liability — the same quality that Film Comment ranked among 2011's best left some viewers feeling locked outside the glass.
“The best scenes are those between Mortensen and Fassbender...the tension between the two men mounts as their views conflict: Freud insists that sex is an underlying factor in every neurosis while Jung, interested in spiritualism and the occult, is disappointed by what he considers to be Freud's 'rigid pragmatism.”
Louise Keller·Urban Cinephile
“the film "feels distant, and clinical, in ways you wished it did not”
Steven Rea·The Philadelphia Inquirer
Genres
Drama
Cast & Crew
David CronenbergDirectorKeira KnightleySabina SpielreinViggo MortensenSigmund FreudMichael FassbenderCarl JungSarah GadonEmma JungVincent CasselOtto GrossAndré HennickeProfessor Eugen BleulerArndt Schwering-SohnreySándor FerencziMignon ReméJung's SecretaryMareike CarrièreFood NurseFranziska ArndtBath NurseWladimir MatuchinNikolai SpielreinHoward ShoreComposerChristopher HamptonWriterPeter SuschitzkyCinematographyRent & Buy