Michael Fassbinder is analyst Carl Jung, Keira Knightley is his crazy patient who he treats with some unusual psychiatric methods which include sleeping with her and spanking her. Into this mix is Viggo Mortensen as Sigmund Freud.
For all the implied kink in this film, this is a very talky story. There are lots of discussions about psychoanalysis. This film is a real blab fest although the actors make the dialog sound pretty interesting.
Keira Knighley gives either a brave larger than life performance as the crazy patient or she is so over top it's hard to know where the top exactly is. Either way it's certainly interesting.
Christopher Hampton adapted the film from his play. Hampton is known for his classy adaptions of his plays like Dangerous Liaisons and Atonement. The director is extreme film maker David Cronenberg so it's easy to guess where the emphasis on sadomasochism came from.
99 minutes.
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