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.
Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 18 wins & 27 nominations.
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
A Dangerous Method is a suave chamber piece: a series of glimpses of two 20th-century intellectual titans, in friendship and separation, and the story of a remarkable woman who history had swallowed up, brought into the light again.
– Liam Lacey,
Globe and Mail,
13 Jan 2012
fresh:
Like psychoanalysis, "A Dangerous Method" takes its time as it circles an opening to unexplored depths.
– Joe Williams,
St. Louis Post-Dispatch,
20 Jan 2012
rotten:
The true story is extraordinary; the film is not, although the actors are all fine.
– Tom Long,
Detroit News,
20 Jan 2012
fresh:
Knightley gives a fair performance but lumbers herself with a distracting accent, and her gurning in the early scenes may be too much for some to bear.
– Dave Calhoun,
Time Out,
7 Feb 2012
fresh:
It makes for an absorbing drama and leaves the mustiness of cigars in the theatre.