Liam Neeson, Laura Linney, Chris O'Donnell
A look at the life of Alfred Kinsey (Neeson), a pioneer in the area of human sexuality research, whose 1948 publication "Sexual Behavior in the Human Male" was one of the first recorded works that saw...( read more
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DVD Release Date: May 17, 2005
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September 24, 2009There?s some great acting in this film, Neeson, Cartwright & Sarsgaard are all very good. Watch out for William Sadler?s part though. I?ve never felt so uneasy watching a film, it makes me shudder just thinking about it!
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September 11, 2009Depicting the true life events of Alfred Kinsey and his famously publicised sex studies that would cause much debate across America during the 1940?s.
Good parts played by Neeson, Linney and O?Donnell and thought in particular the make up envolving the aging of the characters ...( read more) -
February 16, 2009Interesting performance from Mr. "Skeels" Neeson. Started off a bit slow but picked up nicely about halfway through. Also liked the ending. Screenplay was pretty solid, and Lithgow's performance as the stoic father was nice. What what?!
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December 14, 2008This biopic tells the story of Alfred Kinsey who revolutionized people's views on human sexuality with his surveys and books. The film follows his studies and his personal life quite closely but not without a certain neutral distance. The cast is full of great names, all deliveri...( read more)
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October 5, 2009Truly an overlooked gem, this two hour biopic traps your attention and never let go, no matter how comfortable you are with the subject matter. Authentic and moving (and left me sniffling with a lump on my throat). Definitely a recommended viewing!
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September 27, 2009They took it way too far. never want to see the movie again. reading it is enough, showing it is too much.
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September 15, 2009When a astute scientist learns that his extensive research into a curious wasp is fullfilling his career only to a certain degree. He finds an absentness about subject within his faculties ...extensive curriculum on human beings and the sex and study of it by their students from...( read more)
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August 22, 2009The untimely death of Dr. Alfred C. Kinsey takes from the American scene an important and valuable, as well as controversial, figure. Whatever may have been the reaction to his findings -- and to the unscrupulous use of some of them -- the fact remains that he was first, last, an...( read more)
Critic Reviews
May 4, 2005
Nick Schager, Lessons of Darkness
November 19, 2004
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
It's the biography of a sex pioneer disguised as a love story, or a romance with some rather intriguing side issues, and it begins with one of cinema's more intriguing pickup lines: 'I've been reading... full review
November 19, 2004
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
It's a film Kinsey himself might have appreciated: It's sober, never flashy or exciting but always engrossing, both for its penetration into Kinsey's psychology and for the effects his findings are sh... full review
November 19, 2004
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
The strength of Kinsey is finally in the clarity it brings to its title character. It is fascinating to meet a complete original, a person of intelligence and extremes. full review
November 18, 2004
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune
Neeson pulls off something of a miracle here, creating a flesh-and-blood character who is innocent and obsessive, decent and selfish, committed to expanding the boundaries of knowledge but sadly lacki... full review
November 14, 2004
Marcy Dermansky, About.com
"Kinsey" seem like a generic film, which is a hard trick considering the subject matter: sex. full review
November 12, 2004
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
You don't need to know much about the real Kinsey to sense that the one we're getting here is both more palatable and less interesting than the real thing. full review
November 11, 2004
A.O. Scott, The New York Times
Though it has its share of carnality, Bill Condon's wise and witty biography of the sex researcher Alfred C. Kinsey is, above all, an intellectual turn-on. full review
November 11, 2004
David Edelstein, Slate
Kinsey is a stupendously moving film. Neeson nails Kinsey's rock-hard decency and fragile ego, and Linney abets him beautifully. full review
November 4, 2004
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Kinsey wanted to snap the public out of sexual ignorance. And Condon's knockout of a movie tries to do the same. You'll be shocked at how far we haven't come. full review
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October 4, 2007The movie was awesome! I am perplexed however as to how I should rate the movie based on how true to life the movie truly was. I know for a fact that I would not enjoy the movie very much if it was largely fiction. If the movie is accurate then Kinsey was a courageous hero!
One of the very rare few critiques that Jeff Shannon has ever done about any movie!
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