Blair Brown, Chris Eigeman, Famke Janssen

Jake Singer is an anxious young schoolteacher in New York - barely on speaking terms with his father, recently abandoned by his girlfriend, and heading for a life of compromise and mediocrity. Emotion...( read more  read more... )ally paralyzed by his mothers death, he embarks on a course of psychoanalysis with a maniacal Freudian - Dr. Ernesto Morales, therapist from hell. But when he meets socialite widow Allegra Marshall, and finds himself upwardly mobile in the Manhattan of serious money and glamour - as he bounces from the couch to Allegra's bed in the allegedly real world and back again - his whole life begins to take on the eerie, overdetermined quality of an analytic session and he must figure out his escape.

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Unrated, 1 hr. 26 min.

Directed by: Oren Rudavsky

Release Date: April 28, 2006

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DVD Release Date: October 9, 2007

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  • July 4, 2009
    its boring borringg boorriinngg
  • May 27, 2009
    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.
  • April 1, 2009
    Very good film. Good balance with what was sanguine and pathos. It had an optimistic conclusion. The film was well done, and it was acted well, and the screenplay was good.
  • June 26, 2008
    This was an alright movie; nothing special. It had a 'Woody Allen'esc' feel to the movie. It's about a teacher that falls in love with a widow and all-the-while, the teacher, is struggling with the advice of his therapist. It's an O.K. movie, it's not great, but not bad; it's ...( read more)O.K..
  • April 30, 2008
    Good acting, good script, good movie.
  • January 17, 2008
    Tolerable, not too bad. Chris Eigeman's neurosis would have been much more exciting to watch ten years ago, when he was younger and less haggard looking. Famke was divine.
  • December 16, 2007
    Funny. Ian is the best
  • July 23, 2007
    I hope that it is good
  • May 3, 2007
    i don think i like alot of these movies

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August 24, 2007
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times

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

June 29, 2007
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker

Who wants to behave well in bed? full review

May 9, 2007
Kyle Smith, New York Post

The Treatment, a wan effort at Annie Hall-style comedy, has about as much Manhattan sophistication as a gas station in Chippewa Falls, Wis. full review

April 29, 2007
Nick Schager, Slant Magazine

While it has an understated poise, the film's portrait of inner male turmoil isn't particularly unique or profound. full review

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