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Peter (Roger Rees) is a therapist with plenty of his own issues whose obsession with a professional dominatrix is starting to affect his marriage and his career in this erotic thriller from director Eric Werthman. As he begins to spend more time and energy pursuing the distant Suzanne (Geno Lechner), he violates an unspoken arrangement with his wife, which threatens both relationships.
Jun 15, 2006 Wide
Jun 26, 2007
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Much of the film's impact is thanks to the performance given by Rees, here handed a rare leading dramatic role.
The feature directorial debut of 65-year-old Eric Werthman, who has been a practicing psychotherapist for a quarter of a century. If you're not already seeing a shrink, Mr. Werthman, may we suggest that you start immediately.
A married therapist (Roger Rees) and his dominatrix (Geno Lechner) attempt a real-world romance with predictably strained results.
At times, inchoate ideas (emotional wounds hurt deeper than physical pain?) threaten to congeal into an actual theme, but that turns out to be, like the rest of the film, a drawn-out tease.
Rees' performance, of the variety customarily called 'fearless,' is the only reason to endure this tedious, arid glimpse into the S&M subculture.
Going Under is mustier than Secretary.
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