That Michael Fassbender seems to be having a decent time of it lately.
Sure enough, he's one of the world's top actors and as a result of that he is paid oodles of cash to simulate hanky panky with very attractive women.
Here, he portrays the psychologist Carl Jung who for all his spouting about ethics, could not resist the charms of one of his patients, Sabina Spielrein (Keira Knightley).
But let me say from the outset, fans like Mrs W, who were entranced by Fassbender's physique in Shame will be disappointed that all we see of him in this is his bare bottom.
The same cannot be said of dear Keira, whose charms spill all over the screen.
I'm sorry for going on about the titillation of David Cronenberg's new movie but, that aside, it is all talk.
I suppose the fact that two of its central figures are Jung and his mentor Sigmund Freud nobody should be surprised that there is much philosophical discussions.
But the irony of it all was that for all the chit chat, Jung, in particular was as susceptible to carnal desires as anyone.
There are so very good turns in A Dangerous Method.
Knightley is a little bit too overwrought in the early scenes but is overall compelling as the damaged Russian Jew who gravitates from being Jung's patient to his student and his mistress.
Fassbender is, as always, pitch perfect as Yung and is ably supported by Viggo Mortensen as Freud and the wonderful Vincent Cassel as the sex addict Otto Gross.
Cronenberg evokes the period (1904-1914) beautifully and takes advantage of a cerebral script to create scene after scene of verbal jousting.
Ultimately, however, once it is clear in which direction the various relationships are developing, the film rather seeps away, leaving one with the feeling that it was clever rather than satisfying.
Laughs: one
Jumps: none
Vomit: none
Nudity: quite a number of scenes, almost all of them involving Keira.
Overall rating: 6/10
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