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Two doctors (Hugh Dancy, Jonathan Pryce) in Victorian England use manual stimulation of female genitalia to cure their patients' ills, leading to the invention of the vibrator.

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Hysteria has an amusing subject but its winking, vaguely sarcastic tone doesn't do the movie any favors.

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Candice Frederick

Reel Talk Online

Effective acting and Tanya Wexler's direction of a taboo topic (especially given the era in which it's set) cannot save the unbearably choppy and uneven writing of the movie.

Rated: C-

Sep 8, 2017

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Derek Malcolm

London Evening Standard

It's all rather sweet in its way, as it treads gingerly round and round its subject. Nicely acted too, especially by Gyllenhaal and Pryce.

Rated: 3/5

Sep 21, 2012

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Basia Cummings

Little White Lies

Maggie Gyllenhaal channels Emma Thompson on heat. No sale.

Rated: 2/5

Sep 20, 2012

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James Croot

Stuff.co.nz

Hysteria is actually a gentle, good-humoured and surprisingly sweet romantic-comedy.

Rated: 4/5

Dec 29, 2021

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

The truth is that both Hugh Dancy and Maggie Gyllenhaal do fine here, though that is seldom the case when the two are together.

Rated: 2.5/4.0

Sep 11, 2020

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Kate Rodger

Newshub (NZ)

An entirely inoffensive, light and tasty little romp round Victorian London which has been nicely cast and delivered.

Rated: 3/5

Aug 30, 2019

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Steve D Entertaining but lacking in reality. Rated 3/5 Stars • Rated 3 out of 5 stars 10/18/23 Full Review Yellowfur D Charlotte's line is very feminist. The invention of the vibrator not only promoted the feminist movement but also benefited women, a win-win situation. The movie-watching experience can only be said to be a light comedy, but there is no climax. Rated 4/5 Stars • Rated 4 out of 5 stars 10/12/23 Full Review Audience Member It's funny as fuck! Yes, yes the female struggle. Once in a while one ought to be allowed to turn its brain off and have a marry old laugh at histories expense. Rated 4/5 Stars • Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member Entertaining and insightful! A well spent hour. Rated 4/5 Stars • Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review Audience Member Highly entertaining and tongue in cheek humor. Do not watch if you take life too seriously. Otherwise some red Wine, good company, cheese .... & chocolate. Sit back and enjoy. Rated 4.5/5 Stars • Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/05/21 Full Review Audience Member I consider this movie a repetitive and boring movie, it does make a mockery of a few things in the future but that's it. Its one of those movies you start viewing for 5 minutes and you can already tell the end. So for this being one boring film that did not caught my attention, I give " Hysteria " an F-. Rated 1.5/5 Stars • Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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Tanya Wexler Director Hugh Dancy Dr. Mortimer Granville Maggie Gyllenhaal Charlotte Dalrymple Jonathan Pryce Dr. Dalrymple Felicity Jones Emily Rupert Everett Edmund

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Synopsis Two doctors (Hugh Dancy, Jonathan Pryce) in Victorian England use manual stimulation of female genitalia to cure their patients' ills, leading to the invention of the vibrator.

Director: Tanya Wexler
Producer: Sarah Curtis, Judy Cairo, Tracey Becker
Screenwriter: Stephen Dyer, Jonah Lisa Dyer
Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics
Production Co: Informant Media
Rating: R (Sexual Content)
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 18, 2012, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 12, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $1.8M
Runtime: 1h 39m