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40 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100The Hollywood ReporterMichael RechtshaffenThe Hollywood ReporterMichael RechtshaffenOne of the year's most satisfying films.
- 90L.A. WeeklyElla TaylorL.A. WeeklyElla TaylorThe movie's strength lies in its portrayal of a many-sided genius, as manipulative as he was charming and persuasive, monomaniacal to a fault, generous and sweet yet utterly clueless about the emotional havoc he wrought in the name of science.
- 88Rolling StonePeter TraversRolling StonePeter TraversScrappy, funny, hot-to-trot biopic.
- 80VarietyTodd McCarthyVarietyTodd McCarthyLively, sometimes funny and, inevitably, provocative.
- 75ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliThis is a fine motion picture with a couple of superlative performances. It is arguably the best, most honest bio-pic of the year.
- 75Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittThe movie's style is fairly staid, but it's hard to imagine how Neeson could be better, and the subject is handled with taste and tact.
- 70New York Magazine (Vulture)New York Magazine (Vulture)It's a new Neeson as Dr. Alfred Kinsey, all spiky-haired and harried, and he's enormously appealing in the role.
- 70The A.V. ClubScott TobiasThe A.V. ClubScott TobiasFor a film about man who spent half his life defying staid convention, Kinsey remains as timid as a choirboy.
- 70Village VoiceJ. HobermanVillage VoiceJ. HobermanOpening too late for the election but still one the year's most politically relevant movies, Condon's earnestly middlebrow biopic is an argument for tolerance and diversity.
- 60Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumChicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumApart from some unexaggerated notations about American puritanism in the 1940s and '50s, this is more a work of exploration than a thesis, and Condon mainly avoids sensationalism.