Cronenberg's made a name for himself cinematically studying the dark passages of the human mind, so a film about psychoanalysts Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung and Sabina Spielrein seemed like it would be the perfect fit.
Cronenberg approaches these characters with hardly any enthusiasm and never really goes anywhere interesting or intense with their relationships. It's more or less straight up melodramatic schmaltz. Viggo Mortenson and Keira Knightley hold it together with some wonderful performances but Michael Fassbender, being the lead, has such a weak screen presence it allows the whole film to fall apart.
It's not a bad film but it's no Cronenberg film.
3 Cliche Statue Of Liberty shots out of 5
2 comments:
Are those bunny ears at the bottom?
I thought it was a bit of a starfish spreading it's sexy legs for me.
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