While “Kinsey” will give insight into the man to a whole new audience, director Bill Condon has not quite made him as human as he may have intended.
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12/27/04
Kinsey (2004)
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Reviews Counted:179
Fresh:162
Rotten:17
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.
Runtime: 2 hrs 9 mins
Genre: Dramas
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... [More]
Starring: Liam Neeson, Laura Linney, Chris O'Donnell, Peter Sarsgaard
Director: Bill Condon
Reviews for Kinsey
As both a screenwriter and a director, Condon does a first-rate job of making potentially difficult subject matter accessible without rendering it bland.
12/27/04
[A] serious and occasionally humorous look at how we took a giant step forward on the subject of sex.
12/26/04
Kinsey is one of the best movies of the year. It shows how far we have come, while the furor surrounding the movie also demonstrates how much more we need to travel.
12/22/04
At times, it's like a John Waters spoof of Andy Hardy; Kinsey remarks "Let's get back to masturbation!" while his wife asks "Is the pot roast too dry?"
12/20/04
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12/19/04
Way overlooked by the Oscars this year...
12/19/04
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12/19/04
Neeson's performance is earnest, dogged, vivid, vital.
12/17/04
It's delightfully playful for a serious movie, balancing glib wit against its pathos and controversy.
12/17/04
The movie is a lot like its central character: precise, clinical, probing and often terribly amusing in its full-steam-ahead approach to topics that make most of us blush. But it's an emotionally cool experience.
12/17/04
Playing such a conflicted character isn't easy, but Neeson is up to it. And his convincing performance ensures that the film is watchable even when its main character is unlikable.
12/17/04
Neeson gives a brilliant performance, tightly wound but always genial, as if bursting with the good news of scientific liberation.
12/17/04
Emerges not only as a movie about another time but as a movie of our time, a reminder that progress can be made only when someone's willing to step up to the plate.
12/17/04
If you're tough enough to attend, however, be sure to stick around for the frisky closing credits. They're animals, I tell you.
12/17/04
Neeson, who was nominated for a best-actor Oscar for Schindler's List (1993), makes a formidable push for a second tuxedo rental.
12/16/04
Condon's screenplay is streamlined and literate, balancing the depictions of Kinsey's personal life with his academic work.
12/14/04
Bound by a conventional framework, the result is admirable if unexciting.
12/13/04
Features brave and memorable performances by Liam Neeson and Laura Linney
12/05/04
In a year where cinema played a crucial role in the Culture War, Kinsey is the only film to dig at the roots of both sides. Best film of the year. Without a doubt.
12/05/04
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