

Sigmund Freud's ghost advises a married New York psychiatrist in love with a patient.
Acting
Dudley Moore's manic desperation is peak neurotic charm.
Writing
Marshall Brickman's Woody Allen-adjacent wit with more heart.
Direction
Freud's ghost cameo is camp perfection.

Director
Marshall Brickman
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Marshall Brickman's solo directorial debut after co-writing Annie Hall and Manhattan with Woody Allen.
The film flopped commercially but captures early-'80s Upper West Side intellectual romanticism now lost to time.