Memoirs of My Nervous Illness

Name: Memoirs of My Nervous Illness
Genre: Drama
Released: December 15, 2006
Duration: 80 min
Rating: 60

2006

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Release Date: December 15, 2006 | Unrated

Summary: Adapted from the celebrated journal of Daniel Paul Schreber, Memoirs of My Nervous Illness is a biopic of a fantasy - a film that makes you feel and think. This spellbinding mix of reality and hallucination tells the story of one of the most famous madmen of all time from his point of view. At the heart of the drama is Jefferson Mays'Adapted from the celebrated journal of Daniel Paul Schreber, Memoirs of My Nervous Illness is a biopic of a fantasy - a film that makes you feel and think. This spellbinding mix of reality and hallucination tells the story of one of the most famous madmen of all time from his point of view. At the heart of the drama is Jefferson Mays' inspired performance as the transsexual Daniel Paul Schreber. (Abject Films)… Expand

Director: Julian Hobbs

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Unrated

Runtime: 80 min

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Ronnie Scheib

Richly layered picture dramatizes a landmark doctor/patient showdown, chronicles a classic case of transgenderism and reveals how aspects of Schreber's story prefigured Nazism. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Ken Fox

Odd but never dull. Read full review

Jeannette Catsoulis

Julian P. Hobbs directs by getting out of the way of his star's soulful eyes and considerable talent, allowing Mr. Mays to feed on the tension between the rationality of his character's courtroom argument and the utter lunacy of his beliefs. Read full review

Frank Scheck

An accomplished and stylistically audacious effort that all too accurately conveys the confusion and mental disarray of its subject's illness, ultimately to its detriment. Read full review

Elizabeth Weitzman

Mays throws himself into the role of a man who attempts to transform into a woman, but his efforts feel like futile flailings: The actor - and his character - are so much bigger than any story we're allowed to see. Read full review

V.A. Musetto

The psychobabble makes for dry filmmaking until Schreber starts going fem. From that point on, it's every man for himself. Read full review

Ed Gonzalez

Settles for a stilted design and mode of performance that suggests a bloodless screen adaptation of Edward Gorey illustrations. Read full review

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