In a culture that considers uncovered chair legs potentially obscene, what are a lady’s chances of having her needs met behind closed doors? This bubbly Victorian-era farce tells the unlikely story of the invention of the vibrator in an age that epitomized priggishness. Mortimer Granville (Hugh Dancy) is a charming young doctor in 1880s London employed by Robert Dalrymple (Jonathan Pryce), a physician who treats his female patients who have been diagnosed with hysteria with a special kind of “massage.” When the physical demands of Mortimer’s job get the best of him, his inventor friend (Rupert Everett) gives him an idea: an electric massager that simulates the doctors’ handiwork. Maggie Gyllenhaal and Felicity Jones also star in this pleasurable period piece, one of the best romantic comedies for the thinking woman in recent memory, and a film that you can watch with your parents and not blush (much).
Scheduled to Appear Live via Skype: Director Tanya Wexler (Thu).