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Original title

Kinsey

Year

2004

Running time

118 min.

Country

United States

Director

Bill Condon

Screenwriter

Bill Condon

Cast

Music

Carter Burwell

Cinematography

Frederick Elmes

Producer

Fox Searchlight

Genre

Drama | Biography. Sexuality & Porn. Gay & Lesbian. 1900s. 1910s. 1920s. 1930s. 1940s. 1950s

Synopsis

Academy Award-winner Bill Condon (GODS AND MONSTERS, CHICAGO) explores the life of the pioneer of human sexuality research, Alfred Kinsey (Liam Neeson). Spanning six decades from his childhood in the early 1900s to his death in 1956, the film turns the microscope on the man whose landmark studies on the sexual behaviors of the common man rocked a nation. The interviewer of tens of thousands, Kinsey subjected his own life and that of his researchers to the same type of analysis that produced his 1948 best-selling book "Sexual Behavior in the Human Male." But while the Kinsey team's focus was predominantly outward, perhaps what they learned about themselves was as great as that which they taught their country.

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Awards: 2004: Academy Awards: 1 Nomination for Best Supporting Actress (Laura Linney)

2004: Golden Globes: 3 Nominations, including Best Movie Drama, Actor Drama

2004: National Board of Review: Best Supporting Actress (Laura Linney)

2004: Los Angeles Film Critics Association: Best Actor (Liam Neeson)

2004: American Film Institute (AFI): Top 10 - Movies of the Year

2004: 4 nominations Critics' Choice Awards, including Best Picture and Writer

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Critics' reviews

"A stupendously moving film. Neeson nails Kinsey's rock-hard decency and fragile ego, and Linney abets him beautifully: There isn't an actress in movies right now who's more simply alive."

David Edelstein: Slate
"The film skillfully uses the forms of old Hollywood to tell a story that would have given heart failure to Harry Cohn and his fellow tycoons."

Kenneth Turan: Los Angeles Times
"It's as purely entertaining as it is thought-provoking and timely."

Lou Lumenick: New York Post
"Lively, sometimes funny and, inevitably, provocative."

Todd McCarthy: Variety
"Linney is a match for Neeson, and the only thing that might keep Lithgow from getting a supporting-Oscar nomination is the brevity of the part."

Mike Clark: USA Today
"The movie's strength lies in its portrayal of a many-sided genius, as manipulative as he was charming and persuasive, monomaniacal to a fault"

Ella Taylor: LA Weekly
"One of the year's most satisfying films."

Michael Rechtshaffen: The Hollywood Reporter
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