Live Streaming... The F/W 2025.26 Fashion Shows
Stunning. A great surprise to see her in Mary Katrantzou.
The TelegraphCronenberg has coaxed a performance from Knightley so ferocious in these early scenes that it seems likely to become the film's main talking point. It’s also a risky strategy, as Sabina’s behaviour is extreme to the point of being alienating.
The GuardianThe script is intelligent, the tone is tasteful, and Keira Knightley provides the Oscar bait with a fleeting display of stage-managed pyrotechnics. All that's missing, in fact, is a crucial whiff of danger.
The Hollywood ReporterPrecise, lucid and thrillingly disciplined, this story of boundary-testing in the early days of psychoanalysis is brought to vivid life by the outstanding lead performances of Keira Knightley, Viggo Mortensen and Michael Fassbender.
The Times"A DANGEROUS METHOD. Freudian romp with Jung (Fassbender) and Keira Knightley who pulls out all the stops. Hysterical in both senses. If you love Keira Knightley you'll love this, but she just ain't a Russian intellectual in my book. Unconvincing... suddenly realised that Keira Knightley must have based her giant screaming mouth scenes on Francis Bacon paintings."
"Some David Cronenberg fans might scratch their heads at ‘A Dangerous Method... Knightley’s spirited embrace of her character’s hysteria will have some running for the exit, although as Spielrein becomes more interesting and three-dimensional, so does Knightley’s performance, which thankfully moves beyond the film’s very first scene of her kicking and screaming as she is carried into a mental hospital"