HYSTERIA

Starring: Maggie Gyllenhall, Hugh Dancy, Jonathan Pryce

Directed By: Tanya Wexler

Run Time: 95 min.

Language: English

Rating: R

'Hysteria' is a lighthearted romantic comedy based on the surprising truth of how Dr. Mortimer Granville came up with the world's first electro-mechanical vibrator. Academy Award nominee Maggie Gyllenhaal and Hugh Dancy lead an accomplished cast in this untold tale of Victorian discovery, as a young doctor's quest to work out the key to women's happiness leads him to his own. The result is a witty, winning comedy that not only reveals how the vibrator became one of the first electrical appliances in history to earn a patent -- but also, sends sparks flying between a cautious man and a liberated woman brought together by this marvelous invention.

"Good vibrations all around."   -Philadelphia Inquirer