‘The Shrink Next Door’ review: Paul Rudd plays a therapist and Will Ferrell the patient he exploits in this true story based on a podcast
Based on the 2019 nonfiction podcast of the same name, “The Shrink Next Door” on Apple TV+ is the true story of a schlubby millionaire CEO of a fabric company in New York who falls under the Svengali-like spell of his psychiatrist, who eventually horns in on his money as well as his summer retreat in the Hamptons.
That’s how journalist and podcast host Joe Nocera became familiar with the pair — Dr. Isaac “Ike” Herschkopf (played here by Paul Rudd) was literally the shrink living next door to Nocera, swanning around the Hamptons abode as if it were his own. In fact, it belonged to his longtime patient, Marty Markowitz (Will Ferrell), who had inexplicably moved into the guesthouse.
This toxic dynamic began in the early
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