Product: Final Analysis [VHS] (1992)
Rating: 1.0
Well Done Thriller is based on Unprofessional Conduct
As a counseling psychologist and a psychotherapist with 20 years experience,i found myself outraged by the grossly inethical and highly pathological antics indulged in by dr.Isaac Barr in this obviously Hitchcock inspired thriller.Dr.Barr has mishandled things from the very beginning,and if he had handled it properly,never would have ended up in the mess he falls into.First,a woman comes into his office one night,unannounced,states that she's the sister of a patient,and pumps him for information.He accedes post-haste.(If I had come in,claimed that i was the King of Spain,and requested the same data,would he have complied?I certainly hope not.)You never give out information on a client without having them sign a Release of Information,previously.Secondly,a Freudian psychoanalyst especially will not have anything to do with the family members of a client.The rationale is that everybody is entitles to their own therapist.Third,less than 3 hours after he and Heather meet,they end up in bed.Isn't that moving much too quickley?If she looked like Lush Rimbaugh,would it have proceeded in this fashion?Again,I hope not.This lonely needy man is acting out of unconscious impulses,not out of appropriate sexual feelings.the,they have numerous dates,and he interferes with her marriage,getting mixed up with her gangster husband.He arranges things in her favor at her trial,gets her off the hook ,and then is outraged when he discovers that he's been duped.his collegue,upon discovering all of these shennanigans,should have insisted that Barr re-enter therapy pronto,worked up a supervisory relationship,andin the case of non-compliance,informed the local medical society,the local psychoanalytic group,and the medical Board.What Barr is doing is highly inappropriate,almost criminal,and shows a repeated lack of good judgment,and trouble with boundaries.Professionals have lost licenses for this.