The Treatment
The Treatment ★★½ 2006
Slight romantic comedy set mainly in New York's Upper West Side finds angstridden English teacher Jake (Eigeman) trying to deal with his romantic travails in his weekly sessions with demanding Freudian shrink, Dr. Morales (Holm). When Jake becomes interested in wealthy and recently widowed Allegra (Janssen), Morales encourages a fling but no deep involvement, advice Jake promptly ignores. A generally smart take on NY neuroses, with performances and a script to match. Adapted from Daniel Menaker's 1998 novel. 86m/C DVD . US Christopher Eigeman, Famke Janssen, Harris Yulin, Stephanie March, Blair Brown, Roger Rees, Stephen Lang; D: Oren Rudavsky; W: Oren Rudavsky, Daniel Housman; C: Andrij Parekh; M: John Zorn.
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