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brchthethird Prior to watching this film, I was only nominally familiar with Alfred Kinsey and his life's work. Now, having seen it, KINSEY provides an interesting look at a man who devoted his life's work to probing the depths of human sexuality. Although Kinsey started his career as a zoologist who studied gall wasps, he later discovered that people provided just as interesting a field of study. The film, although it does cover some of his early life, is primarily focused on the landmark sex study that he began in the late 1940's. One thing that surprised me was just how funny the film was at times, but there just as many moments that struck an poignant emotional chord as well. And of course, Liam Neeson kills it as Alfred Kinsey. This is probably the best role I've ever seen him in. And Laura Linney does just as well playing his wife. Another great aspect of the film is the writing, which was tight, smart and had great attention to character. I also liked how it put America's hangups with sexuality right out front for all to see just how ridiculously prude we can be, just like Kinsey did with his study. It might be a little sad, but there is still a significant cross-section of Americans that remain set in their ways. Maybe someone should show them this film and see if they have a change of heart. Ultimately, though, the film is most effective as a biopic, and a thoroughly engrossing one at that. If you're looking for a biopic on a lesser-known subject, or want to see one of Liam Neeson's best (and probably least seen) performances, then KINSEY should do just fine.

buckikris I first watched this movie back in 2004 and recently bought it for a great price. The movie is great, but a couple of scenes were kind of graphic. I'm surprised it didn't get an NC-17 rating due to some of the material. It is the 21ST century, but we are still a prudish/pro censorship society. I am not one who is easily shocked by sexual content, but one scene did make my jaw drop. When Kinsey( Liam Neeson) and Wardell Pomeroy interviewed Braun( William Sadler). I thought it was tasteless, should have been cut since it was such a small part anyway. I did think the whole scene was unnecessary. I'm just saying it could of been done more tastefully. The rest of the movie I thought was terrific, and very interesting. Kinsey was not afraid to talk about sex in that era, and to publish books about human sexuality was bold.Alfred Kinsey(Liam Neeson) had no desire to be a biologist. He wanted to follow in his father's footsteps to become an engineer. One day on an Eagle Scout trip his friend had a personal talk with him about self pleasure. I believe at this point he started to change his mind about his career choice. He starts to fall in love with nature/biology. This movie takes us into his past and we notice his father is a stern man and his mother a kind and gentle woman. Alferd Kinsey Sr.(John Lithgow) is one who is controlling and abusive. His mother Sara Kinsey( Veronica Cartright) is a loving woman who just wants her son to do well. She seems she has been abused by Al, due to her body language. So Kinsey does not get along with dad, and gravitates more towards mom. As the years proceed Kinsey graduates at the top of his class where he studies biology/psychology. He begins his career studying gall wasps. Eventually this leads him to Indiana University as a assistant professor of Zoology. When he becomes a professor he meets one of his students Clara Bracken McMillian( Laura Linney). They eventually get married, have a family, and Kinsey starts to teach a class on Human Sexuality. Kinsey's class is only open to married couples, but everyone wants in. In the 30's especially in school sex was taboo. We see this in the movie when Thurman Rice( Tim Curry) explains there is no need to a sexuality class since he covers abstinence in his hygiene class. Kinsey has three assistants working with him. His 1ST assist is Clyde Martain(Peter Sarsgaard), Wardell Pomeroy( Chris O'Donnell), and Paul Gebhard(Timothy Hutton) they all begin with a 300page questionnaire on sex This eventually goes nationwide covering topics on sex. He travels with Clyde interviews heterosexuals, homosexuals, discusses views about open marriages, ETC.. His career is taking off, and his next step is to publish books about the topic. His first book Sexual Behavior in the Human Male, then Sexual Behavior in the Human Female. During this he conducts more studies, his work become more popular than ever.During a Customs check at the airport sexual material was discovered in a box shipped to him. This is where problems begin for him. It seems nobody wants to help with funding his research; and lack of funds mean studies can't proceed. He tries very hard, but this time he is shunned. During this time Congressional Hearings begin and his research is viewed Un-American. As I watched the movie I thought America just wasn't ready for the openness on sex; and sometimes today I still get that feeling. If you ask me Kinsey was way ahead of his time. He just wanted to teach and educate Americans on sex, not be perverted about it.I liked this movie due to the true story of Kinsey's life. It also had one of my favorite actors in it Liam Neeson, but the whole cast did a wonderful job. I will say this movie is not for everybody, due to the subject matter, but if you had biology you should be able to handle it.THX, Kris L. CocKayne

Dalbert Pringle *Spoiler Alert!* So, is he normal?.... Kinsey's star "sex survey" discovery could (get this!) go (with a quick flick of the wrist) from being flaccid to erect to ejaculation in just 10 seconds flat! Zowie! In the realm of "The Fastest Shot Around", I'd say that this guy must've been some sort of a world record holder.... Wouldn't you? Alfred Kinsey (b. 1894/d. 1956), who is considered by many to be The Father of the Sexual Revolution, was not only a very active bisexual, but also something of a serious masochist, which seemed to stem from his stern upbringing by his tyrannical father.Kinsey, who was initially a devoted biologist, seemed to study sex amongst humans in the same way that he studied insects (his first passion). In other words, he viewed his work from a very detached and clinical point of view.And, so, with that in mind, it should come as no surprise to the viewer that the sex scenes shown in this fairly intriguing bio-pic contain no eroticism, whatsoever. It's all just straight out of the textbook stuff.This film certainly seemed to suggest more than it revealed about just how much Kinsey, himself, actually participated in his own sex studies. But, it is a known fact that he regularly filmed the volunteered sex acts of his co-workers in the attic of his own home.Throughout the mid-1940s - Out of the thousands of people (of all ages, all across the USA) who were interviewed by Kinsey and his colleagues it was surprisingly revealed (through these extensive studies) just how commonplace oral sex, homosexuality, adultery, and masturbation (which, back then, was believed to cause serious mental illness) were amongst the American population, in general.One of this film's major downfalls was that it tried, far too earnestly, to cover too much ground in its 2-hour running time. And, with that, it seriously lost its way by the time that its last half-hour rolled around.All-in-all - This film, which talk-talk-talks about sex like no other film around, was, for the most part, well-worth a view regardless of its flukes, its flaws and its somewhat uneven editing.P.S.Actor Liam Neeson was 52 (and he looked it) when he played the title character in this film. And that, in turn, rendered him as being completely unconvincing when he tried to pass himself off as the Kinsey character in his 20s and 30s.

Desertman84 Kinsey is a biopic that describes the life of Alfred Kinsey, a pioneer in the area of sexology.It examines Kinsey's life and work from his strict childhood until his death in 1956. The movie stars Liam Neeson on the title role together with Laura Linney, Chris O'Donnell, Peter Sarsgaard, Timothy Hutton, John Lithgow, Tim Curry, Oliver Platt, Dylan Baker and William Sadler.It was written and directed by Bill Condon.Alfred Kinsey was an entomologist who taught at Indiana University and had a keen interest in an area of human sexuality. While the courtship and reproductive patterns of animals had been carefully documented, Kinsey believed that most "established facts" about human sexual behavior were a matter of conjecture rather than research and that what most people said about their sex lives was not born out by the evidence. After introducing a course in "Marriage" at Indiana University which offered frank and factual information on sex to students, he began an exhaustive series of interviews with a wide variety of people from all walks of life in order to find out the truth about sex practices in America. When he published Sexual Behavior and the Human Male in 1948, his findings were wildly controversial, indicating that most men had a wider variety of sexual experiences than most people imagined, including a number of practices commonly thought to be dangerous or perverted including pre-marital sex, same-sex contacts, and masturbation. An even greater outcry greeted Kinsey's next volume, Sexual Behavior and the Human Female, which contradicted common notions than most women went into marriage sexually inexperienced. The great thing about Kinsey is the triumphant way it entertains, informs and electrifies us with the highest values of traditional cinema while opening our hearts and minds with the liberating potential of human diversity and sexuality.Overall,the movie itself a sex education on cinema that uses historical fact and personal stories to articulate things that statistics can't reveal, like the uniqueness of every individual's experiences and imagination.