Name: Freud's Last Session
Genre: Drama
Released: 2023-12-22T00:00:00.000Z
Duration: 1 min 48 s
Rating: 52
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Matthew Goode, Jodi Balfour, Orla Brady, Rhys Mannion

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2023
PG-13
1 h 48 m

2023
PG-13
1 h 48 m

Summary On the eve of the Second World War, two of the greatest minds on the twentieth century, C.S. Lewis and Sigmund Freud converge for their own personal battle over the existence of God. Freud's Last Session interweaves the lives of Freud and Lewis, past, present, and through fantasy, bursting from the confines of Freud’s study on a dynamic ...

Drama

Directed By: Matt Brown

Written By: Mark St. Germain

In Theaters Now

2023
PG-13
1 h 48 m

2023
PG-13
1 h 48 m

Freud's Last Session

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 7 Critic Reviews

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The Daily Beast

Dec 21, 2023

A stately affair that’s never particularly intellectually incisive or revealing, and its stolid execution fails to transcend the material’s inherent staginess.

By Nick Schager FULL REVIEW

Variety

Nov 1, 2023

So many movies are either mindless or completely disinterested with engaging the intellect of their audiences that Freud’s Last Session offers a welcome bit of brain stimulation — but does far less for the soul.

By Peter Debruge FULL REVIEW

Screen Daily

Nov 1, 2023

Despite its thoughtful ruminations and supple performances, this period drama fails to produce the expected intellectual fireworks.

By Tim Grierson FULL REVIEW

The Hollywood Reporter

Nov 1, 2023

Even acknowledging and regretting the conceptual misjudgments that mar the film, there are moments to enjoy. The conversations between the doctor and the don remain stimulating, and the two central performances add to the electricity.

By Stephen Farber FULL REVIEW

TheWrap

Nov 1, 2023

Freud’s Last Session will certainly find its fans, and the actors are all superlative. But the whole affair feels a bit too dense to enthrall and the script never dives deep enough into these characters’ psyche to tell us something new or particularly unique.

By Kristen Lopez FULL REVIEW

Los Angeles Times

Dec 22, 2023

The leads give it their all — Hopkins’ vinegary parrying is especially lively — but the overall takeaway is of historical puppets playing philosophical gotcha, when we yearn for three-dimensional humans filling up a room with their lives, learnings and flaws.

By Robert Abele FULL REVIEW

The New York Times

Dec 22, 2023

The look of Freud’s Last Session could make one doubt the presence of a cinematographer.

By Ben Kenigsberg FULL REVIEW

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Production Company 14 Sunset, LB Entertainment, Last Session Productions, M.Y.R.A. Entertainment, Subotica, Traveling Picture Show Company (TPSC)

Release Date Dec 22, 2023

Duration 1 h 48 m

Rating PG-13

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Anthony Hopkins

Sigmund Freud

Matthew Goode

C. S. Lewis

Jodi Balfour

Dorothy Burlingham

Orla Brady

Janie Moore

Rhys Mannion

Young C.S. Lewis (19 Yrs)

Stephen Campbell Moore

JRR Tolkien

Liv Lisa Fries

Anna Freud

David Shields

Weldon

Pádraic Delaney

Warren Lewis

Tarek Bishara

Jacob Freud

Lukas Heyer Sweeney

Sigmund Freud (Age 6)

Arndt Schwering-Sohnrey

Mayor

Emmet Kirwan

Fr. Brennan

Nina Kolomiitseva

Sophie Freud

Peter Warnock

Dr. Max Schur

Esther Ayo James

Secretary

Annette O'Shea

Mother at the Train Station

Anna Amalie Blomeyer

Ilsa

Harry Cornell

Student Hensell

Cara Christie

Clerk

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