Review – Kinsey

Several times in other reviews I’ve complained about movie biographies that dwell excessively on their subjects’ sex lives. In this case, however, I suppose focusing on the intimate is at least somewhat justified. It’s also hard not to read a lot of one’s personal views into this. For example, I saw a portrait of a scientist who discovers that he likes sex and sets out to understand why. However, there are other elements here. Someone who sides with the conservative group that named Kinsey’s book one of the ten most dangerous works ever published might see this as the story of a man made desperately unhappy by his abandonment of faith and his unhealthy obsession with physical pleasure. Regardless of viewpoint, I thought this was a better movie than some critics indicated. I wonder if particularly male reviewers weren’t a bit disappointed that there wasn’t more sex in the movie. Mildly amusing