Jake Gyllenhaal and Anna Kendrick in "End of Watch" (2012), Maggie Gyllenhaal in "Hysteria"

Jake Gyllenhaal and Anna Kendrick in "End of Watch" (2012) directed by David Ayer (Trailer screencaps)

Signed talk story about a conversation with Jake and Maggie Gyllenhaal. Both brother and sister have recently appeared in a series of films in the role of the depressed misfit. Maggie just finished filming her first leading role, as a depressed misfit in the movie “Secretary,” a romantic comedy about sadomasochism. Later, when trying to explain why directors always ask them to play depressed misfits, the two blamed it on their “sad eyes.” Source: www.newyorker.com

Hugh Dancy and Maggie Gyllenhaal in "Hysteria" (2011) directed by Tanya Wexler

The good news about Hysteria is that Gyllenhall’s performance is rich, earthy fun—she’s both fervid and utterly charming, somehow managing to play the character’s contemporary leanings without making it a distractingly contemporary performance. The unfortunate news is that it is very much a supporting role in a film preoccupied with other matters—and matters which don’t intersect with her story in a particularly satisfying way. Source: www.jason-bailey.com


"Hysteria" -Bicycle accident clip- starring Maggie Gyllenhaal and Hugh Dancy. A romantic comedy based on the truth of how Mortimer Granville devised the invention of the first vibrator in the name of medical science.

The amusing images of early vibrators employed as accompaniment for the end credit crawl raise one bothersome question, though; would this material have played stronger in documentary form? Maybe--and maybe not, considering that would've deprived us a singularly wonderful Maggie Gyllenhaal performance. Source: www.dvdtalk.com