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Scandalous Movie Review: A Dangerous Method

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A Dangerous Method (2011) Directed by David Cronenberg Produced by Jeremy Thomas Screenplay by Christopher Hampton Based on his play The Talking Cure (which was based on A Most Dangerous Method: the story of Jung, Freud and Sabina Spielrein by John Kerr published in 1993) Distributed by Universal/Lionsgate/Sony Pictures Classics Cast: Viggo Mortensen as Sigmund Freud Michael Fassbender as Carl Jung Keira Knightley as Sabina Spielrein Vincent Cassel as Otto Gross Sarah Gadon as Emma Jung AndrĂ© Hennicke as Eugen Bleuler My thoughts:  I saw this film over a week ago at Lincoln Plaza Cinemas, a small art house theatre here in New York, on Martin Luther King day.  Instead of writing my review immediately, I decided to let the movie simmer awhile. I'd also been going through some personal stuff which took my focus away from writing for a bit. I have to admit that my views on the film are somewhat colored by the fact that I have always leaned more towards Jung'...