A Dangerous Method

A Dangerous Method charts the intellectual and erotic entanglements of Carl Jung, Sigmund Freud, and Sabina Spielrein, a brilliant but tormented patient whose magnetic presence disrupts the men’s professional and personal lives. Directed by David Cronenberg, the film distills the complex psychological and sexual dynamics of early psychoanalysis, weaving together the intellectual rigor of theory with the messy reality of human desire and ambition. Jung’s method, borrowed from Freud, proves insufficient as he and his patient become entangled in a web of mutual fascination and conflict.