What would happen if a serial killer tried to go to therapy? The Patient: A very disturbing miniseries...
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There are series, or rather miniseries, that can be analysed from relatively convenient and simple points of view. That is, where giving a brief account of its plot or how it is perceived by the audience is enough... However, I was able to see The Patient on FX, and frankly I have the feeling that if this production had been made by HBO or Netflix, even AMC; it would be on everyone's lips and winning awards at every festival there is...
Steve Carell's role in The Patient is truly outstanding. A psychotherapist, who himself comes from a Jewish faith, but who keeps out of the professional environment any vestige that is not purely scientific, one day has to face the most challenging decision of his life... His wife, who has recently died of cancer, the unhappy and estranged relationship with his eldest son, who has become an orthodox rabbi, and the fact that he has to fight for his life every day. Why should a therapist be fighting for every day of his life?
One day, without warning, a patient arrives at the practice. He seems anxious, visibly in need of help and with intense and noticeable internal conflicts... That's where the miniseries begins its plot... Imagine for a second being a mental health professional and suddenly, a serial killer with totally altered values and perception of reality walks into your office. Clearly, you don't know it at the time, of course, but the most powerful and important fight you will ever have to fight has begun....
We have to remember that psychopaths, within the film industry, have been exploited quite often, the violent behaviour and ways of these individuals. But personally, I had not come across a script that gave free rein in 10 episodes to show how the mind of a psychopath integrated into society can go to the very abyss... He kidnaps, murders, kills, tortures but wishes ‘with all his heart to stop...’ Even knowing this, the therapist decides to continue with this patient? Evidently not of his own free will...
Kidnappings, physically witnessing a murder, dealing with the bounty systems and twisted valleys of the co-star, who is also a murderer, is not only part of the plot but vital to the development of the multiple plot twists we will see in just 10 episodes. It (the miniseries) is capable of moving you to tears, of making you angry, of scaring you with its excellent sound design and photography, and it is also one of those immersive productions that takes the audience into account when it comes to post-production. It will seem strange to read what you're about to read, but this series feels like voyeuristic practice... Trust me when I say, The Patient is murky but it won't leave you indifferent. Recommended.
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I loved it !!😍😍
Interesting
It is, indeed @queenpresh . But dialogues and visuals are even better. So, you should definitely take a good look.
Wow, well done with the review 🤗 🤗🤗 I can't imagine the scenarios in reality, a psychopath with such dangerous attributes forcing a therapist to do his job against his will...escaping from the tackles of such fellow is going to be a hard task.
The first thing that came to my mind after reading the situation of conflict and family stress that you comment of the psychotherapist, is that I would not want to be treated by him haha 😅, now seriously and with the basis of the script that you comment if I see a powerful story that perhaps for not being in other channels, has not had greater view of awards etc but regardless of that the important thing is that your story reaches people as well as this story is calling my interest through your review.
This series has varied elements that I like, psychological conflicts and serial killer 😃, in what I have noticed from varied documentaries like Dhamer etc, there may be feeling of guilt or conscience in some of these serial killer individuals but the killing, torturing or etc that they do becomes like an addiction for them, they have to repeat those situations because the pleasure and satisfaction it generates is very high and they can't stop doing it and they relapse, they are mental struggles but despite all the above I think the best thing is to eliminate these weeds and in this case that patient, I would have to see if the plot twist after 10 episodes makes me change my mind.
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Scarcity of human emotions, normal human emotions is what you will find at thus miniseries. Trust me, is a clever piece of art. Thank you for stopped by, friend.
I haven't seen this movie yet, but, a while ago I was able to see the trailer and also read a review on a website.... It's quite darks, to say the least, and very psychological, obviously because of the subject matter, but I'm impressed by the capacity of the human mind to be psychopathized by events in life itself. Equally it is quite interesting the way you raise us the whole plot and well, it is definitely a work that, personally, is not for everyone 😢, because a reality like this, for me you have to have enough guts if we want to work a case like this 😆 #scary
Thanks for sharing your review with us. It was excellent 💯
Todavía no he visto esta película, más sin embargo, hace un tiempo pude ver el tráiler y también leer una reseña en un sitio web... Es bastante darks, por decirlo de alguna una forma y muy psicológica, bviamente por la temática, pero me impresiona la capacidad que tiene la mente humana para ser psicopatizada por eventos en la vida misma. Igualmente es bastante interesante la forma en la que nos planteas toda la trama y bueno, definitivamente es un trabajo que, en lo personal, no es para todo el mundo 😢, porque una realidad así, para mí hay que tener bastantes agallas si deseamos trabajar un caso así 😆 #scary
Gracias por compartirnos tu reseña. Quedó excelente 💯
Is not a movie but a mini series. Either way. I believe the real magic from this comes for the script itself. It's simple but shady and dramatic.