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Dangerous Method: Freud vs Jung. Both experimental and pioneers in the field of psychology but with increasingly different approaches. Jung (Michael Fassbender) takes on a new patient Sabina (Keira Knightly) who is all hysteria and jaw-jutting.
His method is to get the patients talking and with Sabina he has a break through. He also falls for her and a relationship starts.
Freud (Viggo Mortensen) meanwhile starts to disapprove of Jung's methods and the later is forced to examine his own behaviour and feelings.
The psychology is interesting - I studied a bit when I was university but ultimately it feels bit like high-brow melodrama with some sex thrown in for titillation. Trying to create a dramatic tension between two intellectuals as they discuss their different theories and methods is a difficult one to pull off and I don't think director David Cronenburg fully achieves it.
Naturally it's well done with such a great director and cast. Knightley really throws herself into the role and isn't afraid to do ugly but it boils down to whether you care enough and I'm not sure I did.
It's getting 60% from me. On IMDb it's got 67% with a Metacritic rating of 76%. On Rotten Tomatoes it has got 77% from critics and 55% of site visitors have given it 3.5 stars or above.
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