54
Metascore
14 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 67Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumThe filmmaking is rudimentary in The Treatment, Oren Rudavsky's adaptation of Daniel Menaker's novel, but the feeling for the patient-and-shrink dynamic is authentic.
- 60VarietyRonnie ScheibVarietyRonnie ScheibThis offbeat charmer succumbs to the same airless artificiality that has claimed many recent efforts in the genre.
- 60Village VoiceJ. HobermanVillage VoiceJ. HobermanShort, sweet, and hardly ever cloying, The Treatment is largely dependent for its success on the quality of its performances--most surprisingly, Eigeman's.
- 60The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckBest of all is Holm, who is consistently hilarious as the sarcastic shrink from hell.
- 50The New YorkerAnthony LaneThe New YorkerAnthony LaneA slight and rueful affair, intermittently funny.
- 50Boston GlobeWesley MorrisBoston GlobeWesley MorrisThe Treatment fails to do anything interesting with Jake.
- 50L.A. WeeklyElla TaylorL.A. WeeklyElla TaylorA feather-light comedy about losing emotional baggage and finding love in upper Manhattan.
- 40The New York TimesManohla DargisThe New York TimesManohla DargisA movie with its heart and head in the right place. Too bad its aesthetic sensibilities and technical coordinates are not as well situated.
- 25New York PostKyle SmithNew York PostKyle SmithA wan effort at "Annie Hall"-style comedy, has about as much Manhattan sophistication as a gas station in Chippewa Falls, Wis.