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The Treatment (2007)

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Reviews Counted: 40

Fresh: 27

Rotten:13

Average Rating: 6.2/10

Consensus: A comedy for grown-ups, The Treatment overcomes some technical lapses by virtue of a sharp cast.

Rated: Not Rated

Runtime: 86 mins

Genre: Dramas

Theatrical Release:May 4, 2007 Limited

Synopsis: Chris Eigeman (BARCELONA, METROPOLITAN) makes a welcome comeback in this film about a young man trying to find some purpose in life. Between his dysfunctional relationship with his father, being... Chris Eigeman (BARCELONA, METROPOLITAN) makes a welcome comeback in this film about a young man trying to find some purpose in life. Between his dysfunctional relationship with his father, being dumped by his girlfriend, and meeting endless hurdles in his job as a teacher, Jake Singer (Eigeman) has plenty of issues to work through with wacky psychoanalyst Dr. Morales, until therapy and reality start to intertwine when he meets a woman with the power to pull him off the shrink's couch and into a world of intoxicating wealth and power. [More]

Starring: Chris Eigeman, Famke Janssen, Ian Holm, Blair Brown

Starring: Chris Eigeman, Famke Janssen, Ian Holm, Blair Brown, Stephanie March, Stephen Lang, Roger Rees, Harris Yulin

Director: Oren Rudavsky

Director: Oren Rudavsky
Screenwriter: Daniel Saul Housman
Producer: Oren Rudavsky, Jonathan Shoemaker
Composer: John Zorn
Studio: New Yorker Films

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It's an intelligent and thought-provoking romantic comedy.

Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | comment Comment
05/07/08
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Its otherwise straightforward narrative does what it can to revive the corpse of grown-up romance, with just enough surrealism to save the film from its more serious impulses.

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02/01/08
Karina Longworth
Cinematical

Valiant effort, but someone should have begged for a rewrite.

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
10/18/07
Christopher Null
Filmcritic.com

A small film about a high school teacher in an elite Manhattan prep school, but it's filled with large doses of wit and insight.

Full Review Source: Sacramento Bee | comment Comment
10/12/07
Bruce Dancis
Sacramento Bee

The Treatment finds its agreeable pace. We've heard this particular story before, but it holds up to a skilled retelling.

Full Review Source: Seattle Times | comment Comment
08/24/07
Moira MacDonald
Seattle Times

Oren Rudavsky's adaptation of Daniel Menaker's novel is a quietly enjoyable romantic comedy for adults who like to see characters acting like adults.

Full Review Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer | comment Comment
08/23/07
Sean Axmaker
Seattle Post-Intelligencer

This film is so much more believable, amusing and entertaining than the crap we had to listen to in 'Knocked Up'.

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08/12/07
Jeanne Kaplan
Kaplan vs. Kaplan

--- cerebral, intelligently written and well acted adult fare ---

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08/12/07
David Kaplan
Kaplan vs. Kaplan

Chris Eigeman finally gets to show his range in this romantic comedy.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
08/10/07
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago Reader
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A smart, tender love story.

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08/10/07
Bill Stamets
Chicago Sun-Times
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Janssen is an intense screen presence. Too often she's stuck playing humorless towering antagonists. Here, happily, she's allowed to be a real person.

Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune | comment Comment
08/09/07
Michael Phillips
Chicago Tribune
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Eigeman has been in training for this kind of thing for years, but the pleasant surprise is Janssen, who shows a gift for clever dialogue. This is light fare, but it’s smart, enjoyable light fare.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
08/09/07
Hank Sartin
Time Out

The three main performances are what carry the film

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07/14/07
Ted Murphy
Murphy's Movie Reviews

...our emotional involvement remains superficial, and we never get that sense of uplift that Allen's better romantic city tales have given us.

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07/05/07
Desson Thomson
Washington Post
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Who wants to behave well in bed?

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06/29/07
Anthony Lane
New Yorker
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Considering the furious pace at which Allen himself cranks out second-rate comedies these days, why bother with a limp imitation?

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06/23/07
Nathan Rabin
AV Club

Having an affair of the heart...and mind.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Daily News | comment Comment
06/16/07
Los Angeles Daily News

Treatment has small intentions, but its friendliness and caution with melodrama makes it a swell change of pace from other neurotic essays on self-absorption.

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06/14/07
Brian Orndorf
eFilmCritic.com

The Treatment is richest when it zooms in on the testy co-dependence between analyst and analysand. It’s high time for a comedy about the decline and fall of traditional psychoanalysis.

Full Review Source: L.A. Weekly | comment Comment
06/14/07
Ella Taylor
L.A. Weekly

The Treatment feels too much like an indulgence.

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05/25/07
Wesley Morris
Boston Globe
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