Reviews and Comments About Hypnosis in Movies

Close your Eyes

Kent Ogletree writes:
An interesting thriller that gives a very bad impression of how hypnotherapy works. The hypnotherapy bit was superfluous to the story line other than creating some "supernatural" association with the main character.

THE WOMAN IN GREEN

When four women are found murdered--each missing their right forefinger--a baffled Scotland Yard calls in master sleuth Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) and his faithful cohort Dr. Watson (Nigel Bruce) to help crack the case. Believing the murders to be the work of a criminal mastermind, Holmes follows the trail to a society of hypnotists and a mysterious, beautiful woman named Lydia Marlow (Hillary Brooke). It isn't long before Holmes discovers a web of hypnosis and blackmail that leads him to his archenemy, the evil Professor Moriarty (Henry Daniell). Based on the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle story "The Empty House," THE WOMAN IN GREEN marks the last of the classic Rathbone films to be penned by Holmes regular Bertram Millhauser.

Shallow Hal

I immediately think of Tony Robbins in, "Shallow Hal" as my favorite movie portrayal of hypnosis. This is a very funny movie and Tony plays a great cameo role as himself.

Patrick Rodriguez
www.PatrickRodriguez.com

Laura comments:
Another movie that furthers the public's misconceptions about hypnosis: In the 1999 movie "Office Space" the main character seeks hypnosis because he hates his job. The hypnotist has a heart attack in the middle of the session and the man remains "stuck" in hypnosis, with ridiculous and purportedly funny results. Jennifer Anniston co-stars.