If they want to nominate Michael Fassbender (X-Men: First Class, Jane Eyre) for an acting role, it should be for his role in this movie. He was excellent, playing the role of psychiatrist, Carl Jung. From the moment his image appeared on the screen, he captured the audience’s attention and did not relinquish it. And the beauty of this film was not only did one get to see his performance; they got to see a 2nd powerful performance in Keira Knightley (The Duchess, Pride & Prejudice) as Sabina Spieirein. Her manic portrayal simply blew me away.  And for the last leg of this triad, we have Viggo Mortensen (The Road, Eastern Promises) as Sigmund Freud. He too was excellent in his role, but due to the other two actor’s staging, they simply outshine him. The story for this historical film is about the relationship that gets forged between Jung and his mentor Freud, when a deeply disturbed, but brilliant woman, becomes a patient of Carl Jung. This is a movie worth seeing; I was fascinated with the story and taken away by the acting. What more can one ask from a film?

3 1/2 stars