Synopsis
Horror comedy film following vampire count Geza von Kösznöm who's visiting groundbreaking neurologist Sigund Freud because he's bored of his life and frustrated of the "eternally long" relationship with his wife Elsa.
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Cast
- Tobias MorettiCount Geza von Közsnöm
- Jeanette HainCountess Elsa von Közsnöm
- Cornelia IvancanLucy
- Dominic OleyViktor
- Karl FischerDr. Sigmund Freud
- David Bennent
- Lars RudolphOscar
- Erni MangoldMs. Sedlacek
- Anatole TaubmanIgnaz
- Julia JelinekMaid
Recommendations
- 70
Village Voice
The strongest aspect of Therapy for a Vampire is its exquisite visual homage to the vamp films of old, and also the screwballs. - 63
Philadelphia Inquirer
A stylish, painterly picture that evokes classic horror films from the 1930s. - 60
Los Angeles Times
Although amusing and filled with many well-timed comic bits, especially by the deft Moretti, the movie loses some of its farcical steam en route and suffers from a diffused point of view. - 60
The Hollywood Reporter
Ruhm's lively pace keeps the plot's essential silliness from growing tiresome, even if it never kicks into the high-octane farce the picture seems to seek. - 50
The New York Times
It has little bite and not nearly enough laughs or thought. - 50
RogerEbert.com
The latest film to attempt to find the lighter side of bloodsuckers and it even adds a reasonably inspired idea into the mix. Alas, the result is a thoroughly mediocre movie that is never as amusing as it should be. - 50
San Francisco Chronicle
Therapy for a Vampire has nothing to say. It just has stuff happening, none of it repulsive and all of it performed by competent actors, but that’s just not enough. - 40
Variety
If a diagram were the same thing as a script, then Therapy for a Vampire might be a smashingly silly lark. But as written and directed by Daniel Ruehl, the film is a blueprint of mild anemic kitsch.
