An ambitious young executive is sent to retrieve his company's CEO from an idyllic but mysterious "wellness center" at a remote location in the Swiss Alps, but soon suspects that the spa's t... Read allAn ambitious young executive is sent to retrieve his company's CEO from an idyllic but mysterious "wellness center" at a remote location in the Swiss Alps, but soon suspects that the spa's treatments are not what they seem.An ambitious young executive is sent to retrieve his company's CEO from an idyllic but mysterious "wellness center" at a remote location in the Swiss Alps, but soon suspects that the spa's treatments are not what they seem.
- Awards
- 4 wins & 5 nominations
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- TriviaThe building of the sanatorium is part of a former hospital complex. During WWI many injured soldiers stayed there, including Adolf Hitler.
- GoofsEven though the film was shot in Germany, the English-speaking production team apparently used Google Translate and didn't know compound nouns are written as one word in German. Consequently, the words on the signs leading to various wings should not be split up, e.g. "Transfusionsflügel", not "Transfusions Flügel".
- Crazy creditsThe 20th Century Fox fanfare is silent and the logo fades out early.
- SoundtracksDanny's Song
Written by Kenny Loggins
Performed by Pat Valentino & His Orchestra
Courtesy of Surrey House Music
Featured review
Bizarre and Weird
In New York, a middle-aged executive of a financial company has a fatal heart attack while working after hours in the office. The board of directors indicates the young and ambitious executive Lockhart (Dane DeHaan) to assume his position and assigns Lokhart to bring the CEO Roland Pembroke (Harry Groener) back to the company to sign a merger. Further, the company is under investigation of the government and the directors intend to blame Pembroke for dirty business. Pembroke moved to an expensive spa in a castle located in a remote location in the Swiss Alps. Lockhart heads to the place by plane, train and a limousine driven by the local driver Enrico (Ivo Nandi). On the arrival at the spa, the attendant and the director Dr. Heinrich Volmer (Jason Isaacs) do not let Lockhart speak to Pembroke and ask him to return later. Enrico drives Lockhart back to the village but there is a car accident and he returns to the spa to recover a broken leg. Soon Lockhart meets and befriends the weird teenager Hannah (Mia Goth) that drinks a liquid from a blue bottle; and an old patient that tells how the castle was built on ruins of the castle of an evil baron that wanted to marry his sister to have a pure blood child two hundred years ago. When he discovers that his sister is infertile, he uses the local residents to find a cure for his sister that was killed by the dwellers. Lockhart suspects that Dr. Volmer is performing experiments with the interns and decides to investigate the clinic.
"A Cure for Wellness" is a bizarre and weird thriller in a nightmarish atmosphere with strange characters and a long and predictable storyline. The plot is a little confused but the cinematography and sets are wonderful and the performances are great. With a more concise screenplay and a better plot point, "A Cure for Wellness" could be a little masterpiece. But it is worthwhile watching this film. My vote is seven.
Title (Brazil): "A Cura" ("The Cure")
"A Cure for Wellness" is a bizarre and weird thriller in a nightmarish atmosphere with strange characters and a long and predictable storyline. The plot is a little confused but the cinematography and sets are wonderful and the performances are great. With a more concise screenplay and a better plot point, "A Cure for Wellness" could be a little masterpiece. But it is worthwhile watching this film. My vote is seven.
Title (Brazil): "A Cura" ("The Cure")
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- Jun 11, 2017
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- Also known as
- Phương Thuốc Kỳ Bí
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- Budget
- $40,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $8,106,986
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $4,356,941
- Feb 19, 2017
- Gross worldwide
- $26,620,002
- Runtime2 hours 26 minutes
- Color
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