The Patient: Trailer, certificate and where to watch
Steve Carell and Domhnall Gleeson star in a tense psychological drama
Year: 2022
Certificate: 18
Don't let the presence of Steve Carell fool you into thinking this is a comedy, although there are small moments of dark humour - and you'll need them because this ten-part psychological thriller is seriously tense stuff. Domhnall Gleeson plays a serial killer who kidnaps his therapist (Carell) and forces him to treat him. What follows is harrowing, not necessarily because of what actually happens, but because of what you think might happen, so that humour, when it comes, acts as a welcome release valve.
Gleeson and Carell clearly went through the wringer for this one in acting terms - the lock and chain that confine Carell's character are real and he spent a long time attached to them during filming. He said that, over time, the set around him took on an 'ominous quality'. (Ten episodes)
