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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.

Rated: R [See Full Rating] for pervasive sexual content, including some graphic images and description

Runtime: 2 hrs 9 mins

Genre: Dramas

Theatrical Release:Nov 12, 2004 Limited

Box Office: $10,214,647

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... 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]

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

Starring: Liam Neeson, Laura Linney, Chris O'Donnell, Peter Sarsgaard, Timothy Hutton, John Lithgow, Tim Curry, Oliver Platt, Dylan Baker, Kathleen Chalfant, Lynn Redgrave, Veronica Cartwright

Director: Bill Condon

Director: Bill Condon
Screenwriter: Bill Condon
Producer: Gail Mutrux
Composer: Carter Burwell
Studio: Fox Searchlight Pictures

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Full Review Source: Cinema Crazed | comment Comment
04/29/09
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Cinema Crazed

"Kinsey" is itself a sex education movie that uses historical fact and personal stories to articulate things that statistics can't reveal, like the uniqueness of every individual's imagination.

Full Review Source: ColeSmithey.com | comment Comment
04/18/09
Cole Smithey
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Jim Lane
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Full Review Source: BBC | comment Comment
01/07/08
BBC

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

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
08/04/07
Rob Gonsalves
Rob Gonsalves
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07/14/07
Joe Lozito
Joe Lozito
Big Picture Big Sound

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.

Full Review Source: Long Island Press | comment Comment
03/23/07
Prairie Miller
Prairie Miller
Long Island Press

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

Full Review Source: Christianity Today | comment Comment
09/25/06
Peter T. Chattaway
Peter T. Chattaway
Christianity Today

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09/30/05
Scott Nash
Scott Nash
Three Movie Buffs

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

Full Review Source: 7M Pictures | comment Comment
07/22/05
Kevin Carr
Kevin Carr
7M Pictures

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

Full Review Source: DVDTown.com | comment Comment
05/05/05
John J. Puccio
John J. Puccio
DVDTown.com

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

Full Review Source: Lessons of Darkness | comment Comment
05/04/05
Nick Schager
Nick Schager
Lessons of Darkness

Genocídio, sim; orgasmo, não. Somos mesmo uma espécie evoluída.

Full Review Source: Cinema em Cena | comment Comment
04/28/05
Pablo Villaca
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena

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

Full Review Source: Oscar Guy | comment Comment
04/17/05
Wesley Lovell
Wesley Lovell
Oscar Guy

Kinsey’s interest in sex combines the psychological and mechanical, and the film strikes a balance that is neither erotic nor clinical.

Full Review Source: Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema | comment Comment
04/13/05
Mark Pfeiffer
Mark Pfeiffer
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