The defence The Prestige Tourist
“Sincerity is not manipulation.”
The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.
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Freud: The Secret Passion
Drama · 1962
An examination of Austrian psychologist Sigmund Freud's career when he began to treat patients diagnosed with hysteria, using the radical technique of hypnosis.
Movie details
Freud: The Secret Passion
“Alone he fought against his own dark passions...”
1962 Drama 2h 20m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
6.5 / 10
Community rating
An examination of Austrian psychologist Sigmund Freud's career when he began to treat patients diagnosed with hysteria, using the radical technique of hypnosis.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over Freud: The Secret Passion?
For the defence
The Prestige Tourist
“You like your greatness pre-approved.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Popcorn Loyalist
“Big screen, big feelings, no apologies.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Names above the title
The people responsible.
Cast & crew
Directed by
John Huston
Written by
Wolfgang Reinhardt · Jean-Paul Sartre · Charles Kaufman · John Huston
Montgomery Clift
Sigmund Freud
Susannah York
Cecily Koertner
Larry Parks
Dr. Joseph Breuer
Susan Kohner
Martha Freud
Eileen Herlie
Frau Ida Koertner
Fernand Ledoux
Dr. Charcot
David McCallum
Carl von Schlossen
Court is in session
Put Freud: The Secret Passion on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist
“The strings are showing.”
Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.