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Release Date:
13 January 2005 (Australia) moreTagline:
Let's talk about sex.Plot:
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 science address sexual behavior. full summary | full synopsisAwards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 11 wins & 26 nominations moreNewsDesk:
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A superb, if unlikely, biopic moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Liam Neeson | ... | Alfred Kinsey | |
| Laura Linney | ... | Clara McMillen | |
| Chris O'Donnell | ... | Wardell Pomeroy | |
| Peter Sarsgaard | ... | Clyde Martin | |
| Timothy Hutton | ... | Paul Gebhard | |
| John Lithgow | ... | Alfred Seguine Kinsey | |
| Tim Curry | ... | Thurman Rice | |
| Oliver Platt | ... | Herman Wells | |
| Dylan Baker | ... | Alan Gregg | |
| Julianne Nicholson | ... | Alice Martin | |
| William Sadler | ... | Kenneth Braun | |
| John McMartin | ... | Huntington Hartford | |
| Veronica Cartwright | ... | Sara Kinsey | |
| Kathleen Chalfant | ... | Barbara Merkle | |
| Heather Goldenhersh | ... | Martha Pomeroy |
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Rated R for pervasive sexual content, including some graphic images and descriptions.Parents Guide:
View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
118 minColor:
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2.35 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Dolby DigitalCertification:
Japan:R-15 | Iceland:12 (video rating) | Iceland:14 | USA:R (certificate #40544) | Spain:18 | USA:TV-MA (TV rating) | New Zealand:R16 | Argentina:13 | Australia:MA | Brazil:16 | Canada:13+ (Québec) | Canada:14A (Ontario) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:18A (Alberta/British Columbia) | Canada:18A (Manitoba) | Chile:14 | Finland:K-15 | Germany:12 | Hong Kong:III | Ireland:16 | Malaysia:(Banned) | Netherlands:16 | Norway:11 | Peru:14 | Portugal:M/16 | Singapore:R21 | South Korea:18 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Zurich) | UK:15Fun Stuff
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Audio/visual unsynchronized: Kinsey is talking with reporters upon arriving in New York and his dialogue does not match up with the shot of him. moreQuotes:
[from trailer]Alfred Kinsey: Love is the answer, isn't it? But, sex raises a lot of very interesting questions...
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Violin Concerto #3, D Minor, Opus 58 moreFAQ
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Dr Alfred Kinsey may not seem the most likely subject for a biopic, but then he did discover sex or rather, he discovered that the American male and the American female, and the rest of us, come to think about it, were at it like rabbits, with each other, with themselves and with just about anyone and anything that moved and in positions most people could probably not even get into. He was a scientist who really revolutionised science because the mirror he held up contained within it all our reflections. And in a way, it's been all uphill or all downhill, depending on how you look at it, ever since.
Bill Condon's remarkable movie captures the spirit of this remarkable man. Even with the subject matter at hand, it still could have been deadly dull: all that screwing, all those statistics. (For how many minutes can you watch a hardcore porn movie before becoming bored? Answers on a postcard, please). Instead he makes Kinsey a flawed but deeply humane and above all likable man and Liam Neeson plays him superlatively. And he is matched throughout by Laura Linney's performance as the wife who gave herself over to her husband's research, sometimes at great emotional and personal cost to herself. What's most interesting about this relationship is that it is obvious to anyone that they love each other, though as they give themselves entirely to acting out Kinsey's sexual research, love is the one word that isn't mentioned. And there is another beautiful performance from that increasingly fine young actor Peter Sarsgaard as the research student whom both Kinsey's have sex with. (The film is always sexually explicit though never prurient). It is also touching and very, very funny and is superbly directed by Condon who also looked at another off-the-wall American celebrity when he made the largely fictionalised study of the last days of director James Whale in "Gods and Monsters". That was a wonderfully unconventional film. This is even better.