The Movie Filter by Jeff Roedel – ‘Method’ is dangerously dull

Maybe it was bad timing that acclaimed director David Cronenberg released the eye-popping trailer for his upcoming young billionaire-in-crisis Manhattan madness film Cosmopolis just a few days before I was finally able to see A Dangerous Method. After being blindsided and flipped upside down by that clip—is that really the Twilight guy in an intellectually challenging role?— I was completely underwhelmed by what I thought should have been a rich, cerebral period film. Read more…