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Psycho Therapy: The Shallow Tale of a Writer Who Decided to Write About a Serial Killer
Crime · Comedy · 2025
A struggling writer in the midst of a divorce befriends a retired serial killer who incidentally becomes his marriage counselor by day, and killing counselor for his next book by night.
Movie details
Psycho Therapy: The Shallow Tale of a Writer Who Decided to Write About a Serial Killer
2025 Crime · Comedy 1h 42m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
6.9 / 10
Community rating
A struggling writer in the midst of a divorce befriends a retired serial killer who incidentally becomes his marriage counselor by day, and killing counselor for his next book by night.
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What this film says about your taste.
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The archetype split
Who fights over Psycho Therapy: The Shallow Tale of a Writer Who Decided to Write About a Serial Killer?
For the defence
The Big-Idea Head
“You watch with your brain, not your gut.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Popcorn Loyalist
“Big screen, big feelings, no apologies.”
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Cast & crew
Directed by
Tolga Karaçelik
Written by
Tolga Karaçelik
Steve Buscemi
Kollmick
Britt Lower
Suzie
John Magaro
Keane
Ward Horton
David
Olli Haaskivi
Seymour
Sydney Cole Alexander
Zoe
Jacob Ming-Trent
Clint Foreman
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Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist
“Technique in search of a pulse.”
Immaculate construction is still construction. The film may be too busy proving its craft to feel alive.