Joe Lipsett Anatomy of a Scream Podcast Network Jan 30, 2025 2/5

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

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Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review Aug 3, 2023 4/4

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

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Catherine Springer CathsFilmForum.com Jul 26, 2021 3/5

It's talky and conceptual and intellectual and extremely dry. But, if you pay attention, it is also extremely erotic and emotional.

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David Walsh World Socialist Web Site Feb 12, 2021

In the end, the film covers considerably far too much territory with artistic equipment and intellectual technique not highly developed enough for the work.

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Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com Sep 5, 2020 3.5/4.0

Viggo Mortensen, as well, has proven mighty successful in working with David Cronenberg and strikes gold again.

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PJ Nabarro Patrick Nabarro Aug 21, 2020 3/5

Cronenberg plays the material straight down the line, employing renowned playwright, Christopher Hampton, and relying on the experienced trio of lead actors to get on with it.

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Felicia Feaster Burnaway.org Jan 16, 2020

A Dangerous Method crafts a fascinating, tragic heroine from a woman history has overlooked.

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Debbie Lynn Elias Behind The Lens Nov 26, 2019

Dare to face the dangers of the mind with A Dangerous Method.

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David Harris Spectrum Culture Nov 8, 2019 3.2/5

A subtle and refined look at two pillars of psychology who helped define a modern medical field.

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Abbie Bernstein Assignment X Feb 8, 2019 B+

More likely, most audiences will come away having had the good time that comes from a piece that is erudite, truthful and dark -- and funny because of all of these things.

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Kelly Jane Torrance Washington Examiner Jan 4, 2019 3/4

David Cronenberg has made a very good movie about the intellectual relationship between Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud. But he could have made a great one.

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Patrick Gamble CineVue Dec 13, 2018 3/5

Given time to immerse itself in your subconscious, A Dangerous Method will no doubt linger with you like an uncomfortable presence in the recesses of your memory.

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Annalee Newitz io9.com May 23, 2018

For anyone who loves Cronenberg's work, or meaty historical drama, A Dangerous Method is a treat.

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Pablo O. Scholz Clarín Jan 20, 2018

The contrast between the characters... is very rich, both in the dialogues and in the attitudes. [Full review in Spanish]

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Daniel Kasman MUBI Nov 16, 2017

The film shocks with its sheer stateliness, its almost quiet abstraction of tumultuous melodrama.

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Richard Porton Cinema Scope Oct 3, 2017

A Dangerous Method reveals the emotional violence that bubbles below the surface of Hampton's witty repartee.

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Yasmin Shehab Cairo360 Sep 28, 2017 3/5

More a romance and study of power than a history of psychoanalysis, the film manages to be reasonably entertaining and very well acted, though psychology buffs will probably find themselves wishing for more substance to the storyline.

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Neely Swanson Easy Reader (California) Sep 18, 2017

[Keira] Knightley brilliantly conveys the illness and vulnerability of Spielrein.

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Candice Frederick Reel Talk Online Sep 8, 2017 B+

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...

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Eleanor Ringel Cater Saporta Report (Atlanta) Aug 30, 2017

I wonder why or how this particular collaboration came about. Sometimes, you just have to know when to shut up. Or back out.

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