An absolute waste of money

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

This is ultimately a movie about the very bad things that can happen when we don't address our unease, when we just try to brush it off, whether that's to fit in or to preserve our self-image.

Its not a tremendous film, a must see, of a picture at his own, When Nitszche Wept is very good driven style of fan fiction, that manage to get us near to a lot of Niche, and Freud, concepts -but in reality is only near, because as lots of book-film adaptations, it takes a to much of the director's point of view-, it gets it right in some moments and is not a waste of time at all, but it suffers from his flaws, the nature of art, is specific to each category it belongs, this is most like and homage, and want us to remember very important things, and don't care about being very technical with the acting, the passing, or the writing itself, it's made great with the cameos that it have, and the good vibe the producers have toward those beautiful mind that they were, but maybe fails, to stand alone as film,

This is just plainly disgusting. No regard for actual facts about the protagonist and no mind paid to his ideas whatsoever. Some reviewers have opined, that the novel on which this movie is based was okay or even good. I haven't read it, so I take their word for it. I dearly hope that it isn't anything like this abominable piece of crap though. Acting and setting leave a lot to be wished for, establishing context seems to be a very alien concept to the makers of this film. I usually do not comment on movies, but this one really ticked me off. Why this was even made is quite beyond me. Stay clear, neither informative nor entertaining so save your time and energy for better causes. ;)

I don't care what other reviewers say, Assante and Cross did a great job in this film! The dream sequences were very important to it and I will watch this more because the 2nd time I watched it, I saw or heard something that I missed. I think if you watch this movie after watching "The Shift" with Dr. Wayne Dyer, those viewers who got frustrated with it will have a better grasp of what is actually taking place in the minds of these characters.This movie is intending to touch on the beginnings of Freudian psychology, but it goes much more than that. It chronicles the lives of two men who are worlds apart emotionally--or are they? It describes a friendship that benefited both for a time--or did it? It's up to the viewer really.Then the viewer is drawn into one of two things--transcendence or a pulling away when this movie hits is or her comfort zone too hard. It is worth a watch, but as I said, if you have trouble with it--watch "The Shift" first. That clears things up as far as character's motivations go.

I rented this DVD having seen it while looking for something else. When I saw the title on the jacket I couldn't believe my eyes. I read Yalom's book about a year ago and loved it, in fact admire Yalom's work in general. (I am a clinical psychologist.) I have watched perhaps 30 minutes of this movie and have had to turn it off. I'm not sure if I can take much more. At a superficial level, the faux accents, as others have commented, are simply distracting at best and irritating and vapid at worst. The acting is dull when it should be passionate and comical when it should be serious. The portrayal of Lou Salome is simply flippant, and the brilliant Freud comes off as little more than a schoolboy. I see very little of the book's spirit conveyed thus far. I had hoped to be able to recommend this film to my students. Instead, I will refer them to the book. Imagine that.