Kinsey

Kinsey is a bio-pic about Alfred Kinsey, controversial researcher in human sexual behavior. It focuses mostly on his adult life but with a few earlier elements that shed light on his relationship with his father and his own early repressed sexuality. The acting is top notch with Liam Neeson playing Kinsey very passionately as a dedicated if somewhat naïve scientist who has found his purpose in life, Laura Linney playing Kinsey's wife, and John Lithgow in a delightful turn as Kinsey's father.

The subject matter of the movie is very frank so if you're at all squeamish about people discussing sex casually or seeing a little nudity, then this movie isn't for you. But then again, it's the very prevalence of that squeamishness and a whole lot of ignorance about sexuality in the first half of the 20th Century that contributed to Kinsey's passion to explore human sexuality.

Anyway, I digress. The movie takes a historical figure who is both demonized and lionized in today's society and shows him in a very human light, covering both the good and the bad. And let's just say, if he actually gave his lectures on sexuality as they portray them in the movie, I can't imagine ever falling asleep in class.

I give the movie an A- because there were a few elements that I found myself wanting to learn more about, like more on his relationship with his kids.