Odelecol Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

Robert Joyner The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

Jenna Walter The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

Mehdi Hoffman There's a more than satisfactory amount of boom-boom in the movie's trim running time.

screenidol This is a work of fiction based on a book about a real couple. The suggestion is that there must be some truths to what's shown about the groundbreaking work Masters and Johnson did, and you would think there must be something real about the relationships, not only between Masters and Johnson but between many of the other key couples as well. But it seems that little, if anything, is real. It's pure soap opera. When I read the disclaimer after one of the episodes that all the children were fictitious, I knew I had been the subject of a bait-and-switch scheme. If the series had been sold as soap opera drama, based only on the imagination of the writers/directors, I may have enjoyed it a lot more. As is, it practically dishonors the Masters-Johnson name (hence, their work). The characters are not just flawed, they are wooden and emotionally stunted (with the exception of Betty, the most real person). I must admit, however, that I am approaching this series from a different perspective: I spent four years at Washington University and was privileged to be able to hear Masters and Johnson speak. They were smart, savvy, humorous and entertaining. Nothing like the way they're being portrayed (or should I say, "betrayed"?). I watched the series to gain some insight, to learn something, to be taken back to that time period, and to reminisce about the old "Wash U." None of that happened. With all the on-screen sex, Masters of Sex is a show about biology, with no chemistry.

Scott-101 The sex in the title is a likely draw for some viewers but as anyone who's seen the show can tell you, the show is about much more than sex. The show focuses on real-life sex researchers Bill Masters and Virginia Johnson (who would eventually marry each other) who struggle to pioneer their sex study despite living in a decade (I believe it's the 50's or early 60's) where sex is taboo. It's a typical period piece that idolizes the progressive protagonists for being on the right side of history and populates its supporting cast with straw men (i.e. Beau Bridges plays a closeted homosexual who initially refuses to come to terms with himself, Caitlin Fitzgerald as Master's wife is a cruel boss who doesn't see her black housekeeper as an equal). By the second season, the show's supporting stars start to really develop with Julianne Nicholson (August Osage County) as a frumpy doctor who strives to be taken seriously and Annaleigh Ashford as a prostitute wishing to go straight and conceive children. Masters is played by Michael Sheen as a driven and dedicated man who can come off as stubborn and asocial in the way that many a TV protagonist is written these days (see: The Knick, House, Halt and Catch Fire), but he has plenty of complexity. Johnson is played by Lizzie Caplan who has been toiling away as a character actress (often playing girlfriend of the week roles on sitcoms) and surprises in her first leading role. The show isn't the most attention-grabbing program on TV. It doesn't have that cliffhanger appeal that a show like Scandal does but it's engaging throughout and, as previously mentioned, by the second season, the show does a good job of honing in on which story lines work.

rangdom this is one of the most boring TV shows I've suffered through. Dr. Masters comes off as a freak, and Johnson has this weird way of speaking that is school teacher-ish. This has absolutely no basis in reality or historic context. Im sure the attraction is the nudity and sex, which is bizarre to say the least. why do we watch then?, because its so bad we laugh at it, speed it up and try to do an episode in 15 minutes. Again, the actor playing Masters looks like Mickey Mouse on a bad acid trip. How does something like this carry on when great TV like Low Winter Sun is cancelled? Cant imagine how Dr. Masters would've reacted to seeing his life's work made into a boring sex drama for TV, what an insult.

rzajac Note that these comments come after I've "binge" watched most of the first season.The scripts for Masters of Sex are seamless stories, building up to warm, supremely human moments, all reverently observed and craftily delivered in the product. This is the stuff of great drama. I love exposition that grabs me by the lapels and compels me to understand the destinies of the characters; and this production does exactly that.Whew! Now that I've gotten the mythos out of the way, what about production? No balls dropped, anywhere. Sets, props, costuming, shooting, sound, editing--the rest of it--are all done with peerless professionalism.From top to bottom, wonderful, funny, powerful, unfolding human events. Enjoy. Cry. Behold.