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Therapy for a Vampire

Therapy for a Vampire (Der Vampir auf der Couch)

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In this black comedy set in 1932, vampire Count Geza von Kösznöm visits groundbreaking psychiatrist Sigmund Freud because he's bored of his life and frustrated with the "eternally long" relationship with his wife Elsa.

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Village Voice by April Wolfe

The strongest aspect of Therapy for a Vampire is its exquisite visual homage to the vamp films of old, and also the screwballs.

63

Philadelphia Inquirer by Tirdad Derakhshani

A stylish, painterly picture that evokes classic horror films from the 1930s.

60

The Hollywood Reporter by John DeFore

Ruhm's lively pace keeps the plot's essential silliness from growing tiresome, even if it never kicks into the high-octane farce the picture seems to seek.

60

Los Angeles Times by Gary Goldstein

Although amusing and filled with many well-timed comic bits, especially by the deft Moretti, the movie loses some of its farcical steam en route and suffers from a diffused point of view.

50

San Francisco Chronicle by Mick LaSalle

Therapy for a Vampire has nothing to say. It just has stuff happening, none of it repulsive and all of it performed by competent actors, but that’s just not enough.

50

RogerEbert.com by Peter Sobczynski

The latest film to attempt to find the lighter side of bloodsuckers and it even adds a reasonably inspired idea into the mix. Alas, the result is a thoroughly mediocre movie that is never as amusing as it should be.

50

The New York Times by Manohla Dargis

It has little bite and not nearly enough laughs or thought.

40

Variety by Owen Gleiberman

If a diagram were the same thing as a script, then Therapy for a Vampire might be a smashingly silly lark. But as written and directed by Daniel Ruehl, the film is a blueprint of mild anemic kitsch.