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The Treatment (2006)

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Average Rating: 6.2/10
Reviews Counted: 41
Fresh: 28 | Rotten: 13

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

Average Rating: 5.7/10
Critic Reviews: 15
Fresh: 9 | Rotten: 6

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

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A man and a woman are faced with an unusual "fifth wheel" in their relationship -- his analyst -- in this offbeat independent comedy. Jake Singer (Chris Eigeman) is a schoolteacher working at a respected private school for boys. Jake recently parted ways with his longtime girlfriend and isn't especially happy about being single again. Jake begins seeing a psychiatrist, Dr. Morales (Ian Holm), whose advise often seems to cause more harm than good. Jake meets Allegra (Famke Janssen), a woman whose

Unrated, 1 hr. 26 min.

Drama, Romance, Art House & International, Comedy

Directed By: Oren Rudavsky

Written By: Daniel Saul Housman

In Theaters: Apr 28, 2006 Wide

On DVD: Oct 9, 2007

New Yorker Films

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

August 10, 2007 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader

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Jonathan Rosenbaum

Chicago Reader

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A smart, tender love story.

August 10, 2007 Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times

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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.

August 9, 2007 Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune

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Michael Phillips

Chicago Tribune

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

July 5, 2007 Full Review Source: Washington Post

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Desson Thomson

Washington Post

Top Critic

Who wants to behave well in bed?

June 29, 2007 Full Review Source: New Yorker

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Anthony Lane

New Yorker

Top Critic

The Treatment feels too much like an indulgence.

May 25, 2007 Full Review Source: Boston Globe

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Wesley Morris

Boston Globe

Top Critic

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

May 7, 2008 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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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.

February 1, 2008 Full Review Source: Cinematical

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Karina Longworth

Cinematical

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

October 18, 2007 Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com

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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.

October 12, 2007 Comment

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.

August 24, 2007 Full Review Source: Seattle Times

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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.

August 23, 2007 Full Review Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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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'.

August 12, 2007 Full Review | Comment

Jeanne Kaplan

Kaplan vs. Kaplan

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

August 12, 2007 Full Review | Comment

David Kaplan

Kaplan vs. Kaplan

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.

August 9, 2007 Full Review Source: Time Out

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Hank Sartin

Time Out

The three main performances are what carry the film

July 14, 2007 Full Review Source: Murphy's Movie Reviews

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Ted Murphy

Murphy's Movie Reviews

Considering the furious pace at which Allen himself cranks out second-rate comedies these days, why bother with a limp imitation?

June 23, 2007 Full Review Source: AV Club

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Nathan Rabin

AV Club

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

June 16, 2007 Full Review Source: Los Angeles Daily News

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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.

June 14, 2007 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com

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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.

June 14, 2007 Full Review Source: L.A. Weekly

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Ella Taylor

L.A. Weekly

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In "The Treatment", Jake Singer(Chris Eigeman) is a particularly unhappy camper, especially with his ex, Julia(Stephanie March), getting married.(Somehow he manages to get an invite to an engagement party.) As a prep school English teacher, he is having trouble reaching his students, while defending a gifted but

July 8, 2007

Walter M.

Super Reviewer

sleeper. Great feel good story embarking upon relationship building. Very well conveyed with depth and perception. Great for psych teachers to use for a class.

May 27, 2009

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