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By Chris Hewitt (2,086) for St. Paul Pioneer Press (4,360) on 30 May 2012

United by their confidence and their then-revolutionary belief in the existence of germs, Dancy and Gyllenhaal make for a zesty, appealing…

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By Michael O'sullivan (1,712) for Washington Post (9,851) on 30 May 2012

It's cute. So is the movie. If it never rises to greatness, it may be because it's also a fairly formulaic romcom…

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By Alison Gang (138) for San Diego Union-Tribune (1,408) on 24 May 2012

For a film that's so up in women's business, it's surprising how far it gets from putting an authentic woman on the screen…

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By Dave White (762) for Movies.com (1,002) on 24 May 2012

Come for the titillation, stay for the naughty sex jokes, sleep during the serious bits and go home as unsatisfied as when you arrived…

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By Radheyan Simonpillai (471) for NOW Toronto (1,621) on 24 May 2012

Despite being loosely based on the invention of the vibrator, Hysteria isn't very risqué, though it's pleasurable enough…

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By Diana Saenger (322) for ReviewExpress.com (294) on 23 May 2012

Terrific cast pulls of amusing and intriguing story…

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By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 23 May 2012

There is no denying that every time Gyllenhaal steps into a frame she takes a sleeping movie and wakes it up…

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By Ben Sachs (546) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 23 May 2012

For a light entertainment, this romantic comedy delivers an impressive amount of feminist rhetoric and historical detail…

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By Bill Goodykoontz (2,123) for Arizona Republic (3,909) on 23 May 2012

In fact, the problem with the film is that, despite an excellent cast that includes Maggie Gyllenhaal, Hugh Dancy and Rupert Everett, it doesn't…

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By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 23 May 2012

Opens with the legend This story is based on true events, adding, Really. Except that it isn't. Not really…

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By Matt Pais (1,519) for RedEye (906) on 23 May 2012

Somewhere Trey Parker and Matt Stone are grinning that they got to the title Orgazmo first…

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By Greg Quill (37) for Toronto Star (3,601) on 23 May 2012

Ostensibly a story about sexual liberation, Hysteria needs a thrill worthy of its intended good vibrations…

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By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 23 May 2012

The performances are spot on, and I especially like the spunky Gyllenhaal, who with this film and the underrated Secretary (2002), has built…

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By Robin Clifford (1,670) for Reeling Reviews (4,376) on 22 May 2012

The screenplay...uses the true life invention of the vibrator and builds a light hearted Victorian romantic comedy that pokes fun at the naivety…

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By Richard Roeper (2,737) for Richard Roeper.com (322) on 22 May 2012

One of the smartest, funniest and most charming movies of the year…

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By Jeannette Catsoulis (1,537) for NPR (1,713) on 21 May 2012

Hysteria, a disappointingly limp ode to the invention of the vibrator, plays like a Merchant Ivory Production of Portnoy's Complaint…

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By Laura Clifford (2,742) for Reeling Reviews (4,376) on 19 May 2012

a harmless lark that invites questions and curiosity about its subject which it is too uncommitted to address…

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By Jeffrey M. Anderson (3,573) for Common Sense Media (4,943) on 19 May 2012

Hysteria [will] appeal to a much wider audience than something more intimate and direct, like Shame, but it also avoids an actual discourse…

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By Kate Erbland (681) for Film School Rejects (1,198) on 18 May 2012

Creative takes on history (i.e…

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By Nora Lee Mandel (401) for Film-Forward.com (768) on 17 May 2012

[B]attle-of-the-sexes romantic comedy around a real historical figure…

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