1n 1948, Alfred Kinsey irrevocably changed American culture with his book Sexual Behavior in the Human Male. Interviewing thousands of people about the most intimate aspects of their lives, his work sparked intense debate, still raging today. KINSEY recounts the scientist’s journey from obscurity to global fame, from the rigid piety of his youth as a preacher’s son to his insight as a university professor that no one had done the clinical research necessary to answer his student’s most banal sexual concerns. What makes the film so potent is its use of Kinsey’s technique -- exploring the emotionally charged subject of sex from a strictly scientific point of view -- in those now-famous sex interviews to tell his story and to reveal the intimate connection between his personal life and his scientific project. Brilliantly, the film approaches this story with a Kinsey-like attitude: utterly frank, inquisitive and non-judgmental. This playfully romantic epic stars Liam Neeson who comfortably inhabits the dissident but delicate workaholic Kinsey while Laura Linney’s warmth and wit as his wife Clara are vibrant. KINSEY is both buoyant and a “triumph of the human spirit” story.

Director: Bill Condon
Producer: Gail Mutrux
Editor: Virginia Katz
Cast: Liam Neeson, Laura Linney, Chris O’Donnell, Peter Sarsgaard, Timothy Hutton, John Lithgow, Tim Curry, Oliver Platt, Dylan Baker