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Kinsey (2004)

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Reviews Counted: 179 Fresh: 161  Rotten:18 Average Rating: 7.7/10
 
Consensus: A biopic of the sex researcher is hailed as adventurous, clever, and subversive, with fine performances by Liam Neeson and Laura Linney.
 

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Runtime: 2 hrs 9 mins

Synopsis: Academy Award®-winning writer-director Bill Condon (GODS AND MONSTERS) turns the microscope on Alfred Kinsey in a drama that is at once a portrait of a man driven to uncover the most private secrets of the nation, and a journey into the mystery of human behavior. Liam Neeson stars as Kinsey,... Academy Award®-winning writer-director Bill Condon (GODS AND MONSTERS) turns the microscope on Alfred Kinsey in a drama that is at once a portrait of a man driven to uncover the most private secrets of the nation, and a journey into the mystery of human behavior. Liam Neeson stars as Kinsey, who in 1948 irrevocably changed American culture and created a media sensation with his book Sexual Behavior in the Human Male. Asking thousands of people about the most intimate aspects of their lives, Kinsey lifted the weight of doubt and shame from a society in which sex was hidden, and knowledge was dangerous. His work sparked one of the most intense cultural debates of the past century – a debate that rages on today. Created by a remarkable roster of talent both in front of and behind the camera, the all-star cast of KINSEY includes Oscar® nominee Liam Neeson (SCHINDLER’S LIST), Oscar-nominated Laura Linney (YOU CAN COUNT ON ME), Golden Globe® nominee Chris O’Donnell (SCENT OF A WOMAN), Golden Globe-nominated Peter Sarsgaard (SHATTERED GLASS), Oscar winner Timothy Hutton (ORDINARY PEOPLE), Oscar nominee John Lithgow (TERMS OF ENDEARMENT), Emmy®-nominated Tim Curry ("Tales from the Crypt"), Emmy nominee Oliver Platt ("The West Wing") and National Board of Review Winner Dylan Baker (HAPPINESS). The behind-the-scenes team on KINSEY includes Director of Photography Frederick Elmes, who has shot many of acclaimed director Ang Lee’s films including THE HULK and THE ICE STORM, and David Lynch’s films including BLUE VELVET, for which he received numerous awards including the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Cinematography, and WILD AT HEART, which won the Cannes Film Festival Palme D’Or and an Independent Spirit Award. Production Designer Richard Sherman re-joins Condon following their collaboration on GODS AND MONSTERS, as well as several other films. Editor Virginia Katz rejoins Condon for a seventh time, following her work on GODS AND MONSTERS and CANDYMAN: FAREWELL TO THE FLESH. KINSEY is a Fox Searchlight and Qwerty Films presentation in association with Myriad Pictures of a N1 European Film Produktions-GmbH + CO.KG and Pretty Pictures production. Gail Mutrux (NURSE BETTY, DONNIE BRASCO) produces and executive producers are Michael Kuhn (THE ORDER, BEING JOHN MALKOVICH) of Qwerty Films, Oscar-winning writer/director Francis Ford Coppola (THE GODFATHER series, PATTON) and Bobby Rock (JEEPERS CREEPERS II, EVE’S BAYOU) of American Zoetrope, and Kirk D’Amico (TRAUMA, THE GOOD GIRL) of Myriad. [More]

Genre: Dramas

Starring: Liam Neeson, Laura Linney, Chris O'Donnell, Peter Sarsgaard, Timothy Hutton

Director: Bill Condon
Screenwriter: Bill Condon
Producer: Gail Mutrux
Composer: Carter Burwell

DVD Info

Release:

Apr 4, 2006

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case - Sensormatic
  • Widescreen

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
  • Dolby Surround - Spanish

Additional Release Material:

  • Additional Footage - "Inside Look: THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN"
  • Audio Commentary - Bill Condon - Writer/Director
  • Trailer - SEARCHLIGHT SIZZLE

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An incredibly moving biopic that'll have you completely invested in the difficult life of an extraordinary man.

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03/06/05
Joe Utichi
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Liam Neeson is brilliantly cast and gives a career-best performance as Kinsey, his towering physicality setting him apart from his students and colleagues and highlighting his emotional isolation.

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03/05/05
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03/01/05
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Beautifully directed from a very clever script, this film courts controversy as it echoes Kinsey's own refusal to moralise.

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11/04/04
Rich Cline
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The saddening thing about Kinsey is that it's no longer as funny as it would have been just a few years ago.

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08/04/07
Rob Gonsalves
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07/14/07
Joe Lozito
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Notable for encompassing a man committed in the extreme to the uninhibited, matter of fact scrutiny of sexuality, even if open and exposed like a wound.

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03/23/07
Prairie Miller
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Kinsey is a hagiographic tribute to the man who helped make possible the emerging do-whatever-you-want orthodoxy of our own times.

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09/25/06
Peter T. Chattaway
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09/30/05
Scott Nash
Three Movie Buffs
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3/5

While subjects like masturbation, homosexuality and wife swapping were taboo in Kinsey’s time, they’re everyday topics today.

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07/22/05
Kevin Carr
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8/10

Does it openly moralize for greater sexual freedom? Surely not, but indirectly it may encourage more folks to examine their own beliefs.

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John J. Puccio
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Captures authentic truth by refusing to lionize its far-from-perfect subject.

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05/04/05
Nick Schager
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Genocídio, sim; orgasmo, não. Somos mesmo uma espécie evoluída.

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04/28/05
Pablo Villaca
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"Kinsey" isn't the story of a moral man. It is about how one person's morality can affect a culture of repression.

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04/17/05
Wesley Lovell
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