Chris Eigeman finally gets to show his range in this romantic comedy.
The Treatment (2007)
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Reviews Counted:15
Fresh:9
Rotten:6
Average Rating:5.7/10
Consensus: A comedy for grown-ups, The Treatment overcomes some technical lapses by virtue of a sharp cast.
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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Reviews for The Treatment
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.
...our emotional involvement remains superficial, and we never get that sense of uplift that Allen's better romantic city tales have given us.
The smart screenplay and the terrific performances more than compensate for the lack of freshness.
The filmmaking is rudimentary in The Treatment, Oren Rudavsky's adaptation of Daniel Menaker's novel, but the feeling for the patient-and-shrink dynamic is authentic. And Holm makes a colorful Freudian who may be more fantasy than real.
The Treatment, a wan effort at Annie Hall-style comedy, has about as much Manhattan sophistication as a gas station in Chippewa Falls, Wis.
The Treatment is a movie with its heart and head in the right place. Too bad its aesthetic sensibilities and technical coordinates are not as well situated.
Oren Rudavsky’s The Treatment features a gifted acting ensemble down to the smallest parts, a good mix of whimsy and intelligent discourse, with just a touch of fantasy that never engulfs the narrative.
This offbeat charmer succumbs to the same airless artificiality that has claimed many recent efforts in the genre.
Short, sweet, and hardly ever cloying, The Treatment is largely dependent for its success on the quality of its performances.
The Treatment is not without its flaws but its sterling cast makes it a real joy to watch.
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