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Hysteria
A story about a handsome young doctor who invent the first vibrator.
4 December 1942, Marylebone, London, England, UK
27 April 1965, Richmond, Surrey, England, UK
19 July 1957, Hampton, Virginia, USA
29 May 1959, Burnham Deepdale, Norfolk, England, UK
2 November 1947, Pasadena, California, USA
24 December 1974, Cambridge, England, UK
27 May 1963, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
30 November 1949, England, UK
16 January 1944
25 June 1981, Epworth, North Lincolnshire, England, UK
May 03, 2015
A lame love triangle, suffragist speechifying and a wee bit of coy tittering regarding ladies' private parts.
October 22, 2012
Given the allure of learning the origins of something as buzzworthy as the vibrator, Hysteria provides just enough pleasures to give it a pass.
June 07, 2012
Hysteria never gets too preachy or ponderous, and there's something in the film to educate even the most learned viewer.
October 02, 2012
The film's light-hearted fictionalising of real events combines a mild feminist history lesson with mildly saucy fun.
July 11, 2015
It's the writing that sinks Hysteria, and there's no machine that can alleviate that.
October 02, 2012
Don't be fooled by the period costumes and British accents, Hysteria is as obvious and pandering as comedies get.
June 14, 2012
Its 95 minutes move along nicely, and Everett - languid as a cat in a sunbeam - makes his too-brief scenes into master classes of comedy.
March 04, 2013
When you think of vibrators, 'charming' probably isn't the first word that comes to mind.
June 01, 2012
The movie also makes all the right noises about female sexual liberation. But its good intentions are undermined by sniggering jokes...
June 08, 2012
As a sex-education comedy, "Hysteria" is flaccid, forced and unfunny.
June 15, 2012
Director Tanya Wexler plays things broadly at times, but "Hysteria" has good fun with history while coming off far more wholesome than salacious.
June 07, 2012
The problem with "Hysteria" is that it keeps patting itself and us on the back for knowing better.