Psychopathia Sexualis (2005)
Average Rating: 4.4/10
Reviews Counted: 13
Fresh: 3 | Rotten: 10
No consensus yet.
Average Rating: 3.3/10
Critic Reviews: 7
Fresh: 1 | Rotten: 6
No consensus yet.
liked it
Average Rating: 2.2/5
User Ratings: 331
My Rating
Movie Info
The sexually salacious cases originally presented in Richard von Krafft-Ebing's notorious, turn-of-the-century medical text come to the screen in a complicated collection of erotic stories strung together by the curious tale of a manipulative doctor who may not always have his patient's best interests in mind. From the story of a sexually repressed man who develops a troubling taste for human blood to the tale of a homosexual seeking to "cure" his condition, a masochist who enlists the aid of
Watch It Now
Cast
-
Jane Bass
Mother -
Bryan Davis
Dr. Goudron -
Veronika Duerr
Annabel Lindstrom -
Sandra L. Hughes
Madame -
Ted Manson
Richard von Krafft-Ebin... -
Daniel May
J.H./Jonathan -
Rob Nixon
Caglios the Puppeteer -
Lisa Paulsen
Lydia -
Daniel Pettrow
Xavier -
Rachel Sorsa
Veteran Prostitute -
Tracy Martin
Beleagured Prostitute -
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
ADVERTISEMENT
All Critics (14) | Top Critics (8) | Fresh (3) | Rotten (10) | DVD (3)
Lugubrious to the extreme of unintended comedy, the movie suggests a regional dinner theater production of a late- ' 80s Peter Greenaway film.
Top CriticPsychopathia Sexualis seems both plodding and snickering in its almost comically tepid rendering of masochism, homosexuality,
Psychopathia Sexualis isn't sexy enough to be soft porn. Neither will it cause an excess of cerebral stimulation.
What Woods achieves in his arch, velvet-cushioned vignettes is a sense of the subjects being reduced to symptom and diagnosis.
Not even necrophilia and the imaginative deployment of leeches can relieve this exercise in unrelenting dullness.
Sex can be fun and exciting and wonderful. It also can be deadly boring, as in Pschopathia Sexualis.
Manages to be provocative without being exploitative.
It's a mildly enjoyable romp.
The turgid accumulation of tedious sex just bores.
Lurid though the material is, the film is scrupulously anti-erotic.
It's hardly revolutionary or revealing and Wood is more craftsman than storyteller or cinema essayist.
Everything you ever wanted to know about sexual perversity but were afraid to ask is on anemic display in Bret Wood's new film.
Audience Reviews for Psychopathia Sexualis
Discussion Forum
There are no discussion threads for Psychopathia Sexualis yet.
What's Hot On RT
Bradley Cooper's Best Movies
Fast & Furious 6 is Certified Fresh
Fast & Furious cars gallery
Blockbusters ranked!
Featured on RT
- Weekly Ketchup: Fox and Marvel Both Courting Quicksilver for Comic Blockbusters 17
- Critics Consensus: Fast & Furious 6 is Certified Fresh 58
- Red Carpet Photos with Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, Gina Carano and More 0
- Video: The Hangover Part III Cast Interviews 0
- Total Recall: Bradley Cooper's Best Movies 48
- Parental Guidance: Epic and Beautiful Creatures 2
- Comic Book Movies You Can Watch Online 13
Top Headlines
-
Evan Peters Joins X-Men: Days of Future Past
0
-
Toby Jones Talks Captain America: The Winter Soldier
1
-
The Poltergeist Reboot May Actually Be a Sequel
16
-
Will Forte Promises MacGruber 2
4
-
Universal Plans Timecop Reboot
2
-
Return of the Jedi Turns 30
1
-
Vin Diesel Says Fast & Furious 7 Will Take Place in L.A.
0
Fresh Links
Featured
Star Trek Movies Ranked
HitFix offers their own take on the worst-to-best of the Enterprise crew's cinematic adventures.
Top 10 Star Trek Villains
Rolling Stone unveils the Enterprise's most irksome adversaries.
Celebrity Yearkbook Flashback
We'll bet you never realized how many stars were cheerleaders and high school athletes!
50 Most Classic Movie Moms
In celebration of Mother's Day, TimeOut offers up 50 iconic matriarchs from the big screen.
Weirdest Movie Siblings
From Twins to The Royal Tenenbaums, Moviefone explores cinema's oddest siblings.
Promos
Follow RT on Twitter!
Spice up your feed with hourly Tomatometer updates!
