The downfall of this movie were the endless amount of short scenes (especially in the beginning).

Too dry for its own good but the Jung-Freud dynamic is intriguing and any scene with the two of them is gold. Fassbender and Mortensen are just dapper as hell.

The Freud/Jung conversations are pretty awesome, but I still cannot figure whether I thought Knightley was over- or underachieving. Definately not Cronenbergs best.

Not sure what the point of this film is. It goes into sexuality, psychology, and looks "deeply" into the personas of these flawed psychiatric visionaries without a hint of measured insight. Instead we get a chatty film periodically broken up by spanking, moaning, and screwing. It feels like early 20th century make believe soft porn featuring good actors. Fassbender, Knightly, and Mortensen do what they can with the sub par material on hand. Watch it for the setting, I guess.

Cronenberg finds room to make it viscerally good through the voices and movements of three relentless actors: this is an intense, superbly acted dialectical act, a powerful drama based on the clash of ideas and dialogues. The father and son relationship between Freud and Jung serves as a proper depiction of their own fears of being analysed by each other: the camera is the divan. Not great, but still unique -- and underrated.

Quite an absorbing film - but not strong enough to become a masterpiece. The cast is good: Mortensen is probably the one standing out, while Knightley has some very good moments towards the beginning; that is, until her crises start to seem more like she's seasick or something. A worthwile effort overall.

Underwhelmed. Solid overall performances by the leads and beautiful art design/cinematography but the dialogue really is just psych 101 and the screenplay was dry and uninspired. Disappointingly shallow film about some of the greatest psychologists of all time.

I didn't expect any major surprises from this movie after seeing the trailer, but must say that the end result was still pretty decent. While it's mostly just talking heads (and some spanking), Fassbender, Knightley and Mortensen carried the material wonderfully. Just a shame it didn't have anything truly special to say, and I never would have guessed Cronenberg had a hand in this if I didn't know beforehand.

Needed more Jung on Freud. Needed more spanking. Needed more actual talking rather than just going round in circles. Needed less chin.

A total misfire. It's just so dull. Only Mortensen is memorable with his quiet, pragmatic confidence. I am one of Knightley's staunch defenders, believing her to be a competent, if somewhat limited, actress. Given the right roles, she does excel. But here, she is horribly miscast. Her much maligned distinctive mannerisms (which most people often associate with mannered acting. I, however, do not think it's her fault) did not suit the character at all. It felt forced and unconvincing.

somewhat thinly dramatized, but viggo gives a killer performance

A bit too heavy and serious at times, but excellent performances from Fassbender and Mortensen (Knightly was much better than I was expecting). I wish it focused less on the romantic aspects and more on the psychological ones, its an interesting if bland watch none the less...

bad translation!

When you combine a boring script, disappointing actor performances and an uninspired director, you get a film in Tier 2.

It started out strong, stayed solid until about the middle and drifted away into mediocrity slowly. This film could've been a masterpiece, but it would take some serious genius ability. All the actors were good, Keira Knightley although over-doing it at times obviously put a good portion of herself into this. The subject matter and dialogue wasn't complex but intelligent and economical. I commend Cronenberg for taking the challenge of a difficult concept for a film, reinvigorating for 2011.

A stroke of brilliance - though not intentional, which may be intentional. Let me explain: Beneath the surface of this movie is the interesting intellectual struggle between Freud and Jung. This is clad in an aesthetic of Victorianism, but unfortunately this stiffness and bore stems entirely from the how-to of making a historical romance in the 2000s. It movie never evolves beyond being a trite love story, without ever touching upon it's own minds deep. Irony thy name is Cronenberg.

W sumie nuda, ale przyjemna dla oka.

If you like your movies with complicated, tangled and ambivalent relationships and abstruse discussions about Freudian theory (yes on both counts) then A Dangerous Method is definitely for you. Cronenberg is, as always, far and away the most intellectually ambitious film maker you will ever come across. His results here are no less admirable, although perhaps a tad bloodless.

Only Keira Knightley is doing an accent

Romance and debate about the beginning of psychoanalysis.

Stylish direction by Cronenberg (and a pair of terrific performances from Fassbender and especially Mortensen) make it a compelling experience, but film has a chill at its core, and is perhaps a little too cereberal for its own good. Knightley is also never quite convincing as the Russian patient, and indeed her opening scenes are almost agonisingly overdone, feeling too much like an actor's exercise than a true performance. Opulent production design and period detail also a definite asset.

75.000

Keira Knightley's chin is potentially a very dangerous weapon indeed. I'm just glad this wasn't in 3D.

Very distanced - intentional but not satisfying

Pretty engrossing IMO for a film that is mostly talking. If you expect body horror Cronenberg, I wouldn't see this. A lot to absorb in one viewing, and would probably benefit from more. I thought the acting was good all around from the 3 principals and a good turn by Cassel. Give it a chance, but be prepared to pay attention and really absorb the dialogue for it to make an impact.

solid. it starts off a lot better than it finishes; it kinda feels like it doesn't know how to end, an unfortunate side effect of biopic syndrome. but fassbender, knightly and especially mortensen are all totally fantastic. this might be the most boring of the mortensen/cronenberg collabs, but i really hope it's not the last, they really bring the best out of eachother.

Mortensen is under-used and much less happens than what the movie has time for, but interesting nevertheless.

hiç mi kurgusu olmaz bi filmin. fikirlerin, deneylerin açıklamasını zayıf diyaloglarla, mektuplaşmalarla sağlamış o kadar. lynch gibi anlamlı anlamsız sembollerle, görüntülerle aktarsa bundan iyi olurdu...

Umm, this was alright. Despite being about an interesting subject (psychology) and interesting historical figures, the film really wasn’t all that interesting. Keira Knightley’s performance was fine most of the time and simply awful at other times. Her attempts at being ‘crazy’ were obnoxiously over-the-top and occasionally downright laughable. Thankfully, Michael Fassbender and Viggo Mortensen were much better. It was far from terrible, but I lost interest steadily throughout.