Steinesongo Too many fans seem to be blown away

Smartorhypo Highly Overrated But Still Good

Marva-nova Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

Sarita Rafferty There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

disdressed12 I found this film to be an interesting and engrossing account of the Life of Alfred Kinsey,played by liam Neeson.whether you like him or not,if the movie is any indication,he was a pioneer in the area of sexual research.at the very least he changed the way peopled look at and perceive sex.he's no doubt a polarizing figure.some people ,I'm sure,reviled him while others applauded him.the movie is very in its language and its depiction of sex,i all its forms.there is some quite graphic language as well as some explicit nudity,but it's shown in a tasteful way and not just gratuitous.it definitely earns its 18A rating though.this is not a film for everybody.some may find it offensive.i didn't but that just me.for me,Kinsey is an 8/10

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.

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.

calvinnme Kinsey indeed did the nation a favor when he published his studies of the sex habits of the American male and female and the nation finally got a chance to see what was actually being done sexually versus the repressive conventions of the times that had many people believing that they were sexually abnormal. However, if the facts of the movie are largely true, it seems that Kinsey fell victim to the same basic fallacy as Ayn Rand. Kinsey seemed to believe that just because something - in this case sex - can be described and studied objectively, that it can and should be practiced objectively. For example, Kinsey plunged into a homosexual affair with his assistant - with his wife's full knowledge - because he wanted to explore a side of himself he felt he had been repressing. His wife seems quite hurt by the revelation, but later she embarks on an affair with the same assistant when he tires of her husband,apparently with Kinsey's encouragement. Maybe this worked for the Kinseys, but for most people this type of behavior would break a relationship. It also seemed odd that Kinsey was as insistent and preachy about adults being sexually liberated as his father had been with the opposite viewpoint, ultimately alienating his own son just as his father had alienated him.In the long run Kinsey's work was key to decriminalizing all kinds of sexual behavior that had been considered deviant up to that time. Because, as Kinsey states, "Everybody's sin is nobody's sin. And everybody's crime is no crime at all". This film was a very balanced and frank biopic of Dr. Kinsey, in my opinion.