Kinsey Reviews

kinsey is a strong movie, and while i cannot comment on the accuracy of any of it, it a least brings to life the basic story. its quite interesting and watchable.

its not shocking, nor overtly erotic. i'm sure there will be plenty of people who find much of the movie objectionable. plain and simple: if you don't want to hear about people's sex lives, don't watch the movie nor read the book. go to church or whatever flips you lid. all i'm saying is you know what the movie is about; choose whether or not you'll see it. fine. the frequent enough sex talk didn't bother me much at all (of course there is mention of people who go well beyond the normal, and even into territory which i find objectionable for those people to have done...assuming these come from real or reasonably real accounts...but i don't object to it being said only that some acts are done.). the one scene that i actually hated the most was kinsey's 'sex interview' of his father which seemed unnecessary, misguided, and frankly didn't strike me as believable.

kinsey's portrayal as single minded in his pursuits seemed over done to me. while i don't doubt his thoroughness, here the film makes it appear as if he does absolutely nothing else but 1) collect millions of a single wasp type for one study, 2) when finished with that he seemingly spends the rest of the time of his life interviewing for his sex study and 3)finds a few moments to teach about the two things...mostly the later. i suspect he was a much more compelling figure than these few things.


well filmed, well acted, well written, all around good film.

(8/10)