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Hysteria

United States, United Kingdom, Luxembourg, France

2011

95 Min
Color
2.35:1
English
  • Currently 2.8/5 Stars.
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DIR Tanya Wexler

EXEC Kenneth Atchity, Eric Brenner, Stephen Dyer, Peter Fudakowski, James Gibb, Leo Joseph, Hakan Kousetta, Sandra Siegal, Michael A. Simpson

PROD Tracey Becker, Judy Cairo, Sarah Curtis

SCR Jonah Lisa Dyer, Stephen Dyer, Howard Gensler

DP Sean Bobbitt

CAST Hugh Dancy, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jonathan Pryce, Rupert Everett, Felicity Jones, Anna Chancellor, Gemma Jones, Tobias Menzies, Sheridan Smith, Kate Linder

ED Jon Gregory

PROD DES Sophie Becher

MUSIC Gast Waltzing, Christian Henson

SOUND Martin Trevis

Toronto (Gala), Stockholm (Spotlight), Tribeca (Spotlight), Istanbul (Gala), San Francisco (World Cinema)

Synopsis

Maggie Gyllenhaal and Hugh Dancy star in this cheeky romantic comedy about the invention of the vibrator. Victorian London is brought to life in vivid colour as a young doctor (Dancy) struggles to establish himself while confronting the gutsy daughter of his boss (Gyllenhaal). Rupert Everett and Felicity Jones play supporting roles. –TIFF

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pivic

15May12

Mostly thanks to Rupert Everett's comic rôle, this film is funny and overall enjoyable as a bundle of a fascinating and true historical tale, wrapped up with humor and good tempo. It's a trifle, and enjoyable as such. Many an Ooh, vicar! joke is found is here, but it's no Carry On-film. A funny reminder not to let other factors - e.g. gender - ruin intelligence.

Natalia La Terza

1May12

Un film cretino: dove il vibratore è il personaggio più serio, Rupert Everett non appare in vestaglia rosso vermiglio al piano e nelle carceri dell'800 le donne hanno rossetti e parrucchieri.

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Wick

29Apr12

Lovely movie: really funny but somehow deep enough. Too bad for the sappy ending, but I understand why they had to do it like that.

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Glim Ho

17Apr12

艰辛的女人那话儿

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Review: HYSTERIA - AKA "The Vibrator Movie"

By Twitchfilm.com on May 17, 2012
Hysteria is one of those delightful, ribald-yet-accessible Brit comedies like The Full Monty. It’s salacious enough to be interesting, yet accessible enough that only the most prudish will be offended
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TIFF 2011: Maggie Gyllenhaal Enjoys The Wonders Of Technology In Vibrator Origin Story HYSTERIA

By Twitchfilm.com on December 17, 2011
Every super hero deserves an origin story, yes? And surely for many women their buzzy little friends count as exactly that. And so here comes director Tanya Wexler to tell the origin story of the vibrator
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