Freud

There's nothing more funny than someone who has a presumption of what a show would be, then after watching it, attacks the creators for not matching his pre assumed ideas! Even a six year old would understand from the first episode that this is not a biography, and thats the nicest thing about.

I liked this show, its nice when actual historical figures are being used for raw imagination, Penny Dreadful did that really well, so did Boardwalk Empire.

But it is still a great show, with a nice plot and twists. As I said in the title, it's obviously not about the actual Freud. I would give it a 9 or 10 if they just didn't use his name.

I wonder why so many have expected a direct out of the book biography just because the name of the show is "Freud". Even Freud believed that every individual is unique and must be treated that way.

Cinema is personal to the creators and interpreting for the viewers should be on experience of the senses. Although I don't judge whomsoever disapproves, I also don't agree with them.

The series is engaging, dark and deep. To someone who didn't know 'Freud' personally or through the works that he chose to publish.. ( Martha exclaims 'What's not in the book is of no importance' or something like that) we must applaud the creative genius of the script and the actors to have embodies the roles so well!

It is NOT a biography, it is a Crime genre take on the basis of the working of the mind through Freud's eyes and boy! The show Beautifully brings to light the synchronicity between mythology, the spiritual world and psychology!

Watch it with a very open mind and you'll find it to be really fresh. Like all works of art that's forward for it's time, it's cathartic in it's own right!

The first Austrian Netflix show brings you to the Austrian Empire at the end of the 19th century and unfolds a story full of mistery, crime and hypnosis. It often feels like a delirium and delivers raw and brutal scenes I did not really expect. However, the presentation is phenomenal and keeps you interested all the time, even though there are some flaws. The acting is really good throughout the show. Fans of Freud could be disappointed because the historical accuracy is not given. I feel like the show really wanted to show Freud in a new light and therefore show something different. This new concept creates some of the best, but also some of the worst moments of the show. It really tries to be many different things and does not always know what it wants. Therefore this show is definitly not for everyone and you should have an open eye to some of Freuds theories, especially hypnosis. But the abstruse and recondite mix of Conspiracy, personality disorder and crime mistery offers a great view into the abyss of the Austrian Empire and also the Human Mind. 7.5/10

A literal biopic of Freud it's not...Freudian it is. An engaging, escapist allegory on the birth of psychoanalysis - covering many of Freud's ideas on dissociation, regression, desire, catharthis and so forth. I really enjoyed it as a diverting work of magic realism in an alternate Vienna with wonderful costumes and sumptuous gothic revival sets.