Based on the historical record, there is no evidence that an intimate conversation ever occurred between Sigmund Freud and C. S. "Jack" Lewis. We only know that prior to Freud's death, he was visited by an Oxford don.
The fictional meeting depicted in the film is colored by the woke mentality of the 2020s. Freud is depicted as a sex-obsessed old man with every Hollywood cliché imaginable. C. S. Lewis is on the receiving end of today's progressive attack on Christianity. The heroine of the story is Freud's daughter Anna, who makes it clear to her domineering father that she is a lesbian.
Like a barracuda, Freud picks apart his visitor, probing deeply with the "talking treatment." Poor little Jackie had a rough upbringing and became a shell-shocked soldier in World War I. Freud is relentless in an assault on his guest's Christian beliefs, his sexuality, and relationship with his father.
The film only merits three stars due to the stellar performance of Anthony Hopkins as Freud. It was ironic that Hopkins also played C. S. Lewis in the 1993 film "Shadowlands," that depicted Jack's relationship with his beloved Joy Gresham.
The fictional meeting depicted in the film is colored by the woke mentality of the 2020s. Freud is depicted as a sex-obsessed old man with every Hollywood cliché imaginable. C. S. Lewis is on the receiving end of today's progressive attack on Christianity. The heroine of the story is Freud's daughter Anna, who makes it clear to her domineering father that she is a lesbian.
Like a barracuda, Freud picks apart his visitor, probing deeply with the "talking treatment." Poor little Jackie had a rough upbringing and became a shell-shocked soldier in World War I. Freud is relentless in an assault on his guest's Christian beliefs, his sexuality, and relationship with his father.
The film only merits three stars due to the stellar performance of Anthony Hopkins as Freud. It was ironic that Hopkins also played C. S. Lewis in the 1993 film "Shadowlands," that depicted Jack's relationship with his beloved Joy Gresham.