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Hysteria
Description
A story about a handsome young doctor who invent the first vibrator.
A story about a handsome young doctor who invent the first vibrator.
Actors:
Ann Overstall Comfort,
Jules Werner,
Jonathan Rhodes,
Thomas Dennis,
Tobias Menzies,
John Overstall,
Georgie Glen
Ann Overstall Comfort
27 January 1939, Liverpool, England, UK
Jules Werner
Jonathan Rhodes
24 December 1974, Cambridge, England, UK
Thomas Dennis
Tobias Menzies
7 March 1974, London, England, UK
John Overstall
Georgie Glen
Country:
United Kingdom, France, Germany, Switzerland, Luxembourg
Keywords:
#Beachfront Films #Forthcoming Productions #Hugh Dancy #Hysteria #Informant Media #Jonathan Pryce #Maggie Gyllenhaal #Tanya Wexler
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October 02, 2012
Don't be fooled by the period costumes and British accents, Hysteria is as obvious and pandering as comedies get.
Philadelphia Weekly
May 03, 2015
A lame love triangle, suffragist speechifying and a wee bit of coy tittering regarding ladies' private parts.
June 08, 2012
As a sex-education comedy, "Hysteria" is flaccid, forced and unfunny.
October 02, 2012
The film's light-hearted fictionalising of real events combines a mild feminist history lesson with mildly saucy fun.
June 07, 2012
The problem with "Hysteria" is that it keeps patting itself and us on the back for knowing better.
July 11, 2015
It's the writing that sinks Hysteria, and there's no machine that can alleviate that.
June 15, 2012
Director Tanya Wexler plays things broadly at times, but "Hysteria" has good fun with history while coming off far more wholesome than salacious.
March 04, 2013
When you think of vibrators, 'charming' probably isn't the first word that comes to mind.
June 07, 2012
Hysteria never gets too preachy or ponderous, and there's something in the film to educate even the most learned viewer.
October 22, 2012
Given the allure of learning the origins of something as buzzworthy as the vibrator, Hysteria provides just enough pleasures to give it a pass.
Seattle Times
June 14, 2012
Its 95 minutes move along nicely, and Everett - languid as a cat in a sunbeam - makes his too-brief scenes into master classes of comedy.
June 01, 2012
The movie also makes all the right noises about female sexual liberation. But its good intentions are undermined by sniggering jokes...