#freud's last session movie

[rosalyn51]

Matthew GoodE photographed by Kevin Davies in London.

[thecrownnet]

From Ted Lasso to The Crown, [Jodi] Balfour has been on all these amazing shows and gotten accolades along the way — something she doesn’t take for granted. “It’s a dream come true. I grew up in Cape Town, South Africa, mostly on the stage as a dancer and then an actor. Los Angeles seemed so far away when I was a kid. It was something I used to think and dream about, so it’s not lost on me. I need to do a better job of reminding myself that it’s meaningful to be here.”

Photo: Nastsassia Bruckin/ Emma Mcintyre/ Justic Chung for Grazia Mag

[freshmoviequotes]

Freud's Last Session (2023)

[moviemosaics]

Freud's Last Session

directed by Matthew Brown, 2023

[pygartheangel]

[visplay]

Chris: Fred’s Last Session is a British drama about hypothetical discussions about god between Freud and C. S. Lewis, with Anthony Hopkins and a terrible and historically contrived script, offensive regarding how Freud is depicted, Avoid.

[tinyreviews]

No story here. No arcs, tension, or catharsis. Just an exploration of themes and quotes. Remember, this is not based on true events. It is completely fictional.

Freud's Last Session is a 2023 drama film starring Anthony Hopkins, Matthew Goode, Liv Lisa Fries, Jodi Balfour, Jeremy Northam, and Orla Brady. It is based on the stage play of the same name by Mark St. Germain, which itself is based upon the book The Question of God, by Armand Nicholi. The film was directed by Matthew Brown and written by St. Germain.

[popentertainment-moviereviews]

FREUD’S LAST SESSION (2023)

Starring Anthony Hopkins, Matthew Goode, Liv Lisa Fries, Jodi Balfour, Jeremy Northam, Orla Brady, David Shields, Stephen Campbell Moore, Rhys Mannion, Pádraic Delaney, Tarek Bishara, Arndt Schwering-Sohnrey, Emmet Kirwan, Gary Buckley, Nina Kolomiitseva, George Andrew-Clarke, Anna Amalie Blomeyer, Annette O'Shea, George Lenz and Peter Warnock.

Screenplay by Mark St. Germain and Matthew Brown.

Directed by Matthew Brown.

Distributed by Sony Pictures Classics. 122 minutes. Rated PG-13.

There is a strong whiff of the theater in Freud’s Last Session, to the point that even if you didn’t realize it was based upon a play (a 2009 production of the same name by playwright Mark St. Germain), you would not be at all surprised to find out that simple fact. Freud’s Last Session feels like a filmed theatrical production, full stop.

Which is not necessarily a bad thing.

Let’s face it, someone going into a film called Freud’s Last Session probably has some idea what will be coming. Smart, pithy, philosophically astute dialogue expounded inside wood-grained, book-strewn studies of gorgeous old-fashioned manors. Questions of morality, religion, relationships, political differences, sexuality, war, peace, love and hate being chewed upon by slightly verbose but oh-so-insightful and brilliant academics.

Freud’s Last Session is based on a huge “what if?” Apparently, months before his death, the famous pioneering psychologist Sigmund Freud (Anthony Hopkins) spent the afternoon in World War II era London speaking with a young Oxford professor. By coincidence, at the time young theologian and budding author C.S. Lewis (who went on to write the Narnia books and Mere Christianity) was teaching at Oxford. (Another later-to-be-famous author, JRR Tolkien of The Lord of the Rings fame, was also at Oxford at the time, and appears in a few scenes of Freud’s Last Session, referred to simply as John Tolkien.)

Was Lewis the professor that Freud met with? That information is lost to history, but most probably he was not. However, the idea has intrigued academics for decades, becoming a slightly whimsical jumping off point for Harvard professor and author Armand M. Nicholi in his book The Question of God.

That idea inspired St. Germain to create the play, imagining what if these two intellectual powerhouses – with very different viewpoints on most things – spent the day together discussing and debating theology, relationships and trauma before eventually exposing some of their own life issues, sufferings and tragedies.

And that is basically it. Two extremely smart but polarly opposed men sit together and talk.

One slight problem with the film is that Freud is a much more intriguing debater and wit than Lewis, who tends to be more quietly reactive than combative.

As you may imagine, sitting around listening to two men parry over philosophy can get slow at times, but Freud’s Last Session is generally more entertaining and enlightening than you have a right to expect. And Hopkins’ performance of the old psychologist is spot on.

If you are getting tired of the over-amped blockbusters playing during the holiday season, Freud’s Last Session may be an intriguing alternative.

Jay S. Jacobs

Copyright ©2023 PopEntertainment.com. All rights reserved. Posted: December 22, 2023.

[haute-lifestyle-com]

Freud's Last Session, from Sony Pictures Classics, presents a masterclass in performance through the fictitious meeting of psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud and theologian C.S. Lewis as the elder atheist, nearing death, debates the plausibility of religion.

[ontherunmovies]

Freud’s Last Session (2023)

FREUD’S LAST SESSION (2023) A clash of titans on thin ice. Why? Read my review!

Freud’s Last Session aims to depict a profound intellectual showdown but falls short of delivering impactful moments. Taking place on the brink of World War II, the movie imagines a fictional encounter between psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud (played by Anthony Hopkins) and author C.S. Lewis (portrayed by Matthew Goode). The concept itself is undeniably fascinating: a clash of ideas about God’s…

[jonathanmoya1955]

Freud’s Last Session:  Developing an Oedipal Complex with God and War and Death

Sony Pictures Classics MOVIE INFO: On the eve of the Second World War, two of the greatest minds on the twentieth century, C.S. LEWIS and SIGMUND FREUD converge for their own personal battle over the existence of God. FREUD’S LAST SESSION interweaves the lives of Freud and Lewis, past, present, and through fantasy, bursting from the confines of Freud’s study on a dynamic journey. REVIEW: Sony…

[rosalyn51]

🕯🖤 Happy Birthday Matthew Clairmont

Matthew Clairmont - born on All Souls Day - a character our beloved Matthew GoodE brings to life in A Discovery of Witches TV series!

[ramon-balaguer]

I haven’t heard of this Fiction movie “Freud’s Last Session” but will certainly check it out and as I read this article on it, a couple of things are clearly Not fictional at all;

First, the fact that C. S. Lewis representing GOD and His Existence wins every argument or at very least seems to Always have the upper hand- isn’t that just like GOD! 🙌🙌🙌 And Truth be told, had this meeting of the minds actually occurred, the end result would’ve been the same or even more convincing and concrete.

And secondly, there’s the factual list of principles I always use (although sometimes laced with a bit of sarcasm and humor at the expense of the other ones trying to go toe to toe with me on GOD, Politics, Religions, Justice, Social and Economic issues) by which we can converse, debate and or discuss completely opposite beliefs, ideas and or views per our convictions, experiences and or learnings about anything but especially on GOD, specifically Jesus Being GOD vs any other thoughts or assumptions and opinions to the contrary as frustrated Freud represents the Sin Sick World. 🧐🙏🌎#REBTD😇 So read the article and principles before trying to get in the kitchen with with me 🤓 or as the old adage says “Stay out the kitchen if you can’t stand the heat.” 😜

Lewis is a Giant in Christianity and Freud is a Figment of the world’s imagination, the kind of champion character who delve into our psyche and develop a bunch of theories and hypotheses still debated today as whether it does good or more harm than good but also into the sexual aspects of us humans and in his frustrations he thought to take a few strikes at GOD - so like Jean-Paul Sartre, Stephen Hawking, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Richard Dawkins, and a long list of others heading to or in Hell just like Freud, who makes for a good challenger or contestant against GOD’s man; kinda like Goliath vs David or all them put together like all the false prophets and Elijah. And we all know how those accounts turned out. 🤣🤣🤣

[freshmoviequotes]

Freud's Last Session (2023)

[pleasereadmeok]

... and that's ANOTHER interesting story...

Matthew Goode hilariously trying to keep on topic at a 'Freud's Last Session' Q & A. Endlessly entertaining.

��� FLS my edit 2/2 from The Niaid Diaries YouTube -

1/2 - 'But let's talk about the movie! ' 😂 So funny.

[asgoodeasgold]

💥New Role💥

Matthew Goode is credited in IMDB as having a role in monster horror film Abigail, due for release in April this year. I assume Matthew filmed this in May while in Ireland shooting Freud’s Last Session. His exact role is not specified in IMDB credits but it is likely to be small.

Plot: After a group of criminals kidnap the ballerina daughter of a powerful underworld figure, they retreat to an isolated mansion, unaware that they're locked inside with no normal little girl.

The film is based on a reimagining of the 1936 Universal Classic Monsters film Dracula's Daughter.

Directors: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett. Writers: Stephen Shields and Guy Busick

Other cast members: Melissa Barrera, Dan Stevens, Kathryn Newton, William Catlett, Kevin Durand, Angus Cloud, Alisha Weir, and Giancarlo Esposito.

World premiere: Overlook Film Festival on 7 April.

World theatrical release: 19 April (Universal Pictures)

📷 Film poster and still: Universal Pictures, photograph of MG-Getty.

Read more here: