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Professor Marston & the Wonder Women

2017

Angela Robinson

Luke Evans, Rebecca Hall, Bella Heathcote, Connie Britton ...

6.4

2,694

Drama Detail the unconventional life of Dr. William Marston, the Harvard psychologist and inventor who helped invent the modern lie detector test and created Wonder Woman in 1941. Marston was in a polyamorous relationship with his wife Elizabeth, a psychologist and inventor in her own right, and Olive Byrne, a former student who became an academic. This relationship was key to the creation of Wonder Woman, as Elizabeth and Olive's feminist ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"The story of the polyamorous trio who created D.C.'s iconic Amazonian hero doesn't skimp on the kinky sex - or the sense of female empowerment. You'll never look at Wonder Woman in the same way again. (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Manohla Dargis The New York Times	"Sly and thoroughly charming (...) 'Professor Marston' tells the story of the man who created Wonder Woman and the women who inspired him, both in and out of bed."	POS
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"[It] lacks the kink and complexity of the real-life story (...) [It] creates a tone of forced sweetness and celebratory earnestness (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United States	Richard Brody The New Yorker	"A bland and textureless drama (...) The movie is sympathetic but simplistic, depicting an exceptional story with little energy or sense of physical presence."	NEU
United States	Deborah Young The Hollywood Reporter	"Empowering and fun (...) The story pushes all the right buttons for women viewers and hopefully for a good number of little boys, too."	POS
United Kingdom	Tim Grierson Screendaily	"A drama that’s far more intellectually intriguing than emotionally engaging (...) [Robinson] ambitiously balances the trio’s evolving relationship"	NEU
United States	Kate Erbland IndieWire	"Evans, Hall, and Heathcote exhibit major chemistry (in every permutation) possible, but they also don’t wink at the storyline, playing a provocative story totally straight."	POS
United States	Angie Han Mashable	"'Professor Marston' succeeds where so many biopics fail – in showing us its subjects as more than just the sum of their accomplishments"	POS
United States	Katie Rife AV Club	"Shot and scored with a generic, glossy 'awards movie' sheen (...) The story is absolutely fascinating, even if the filmmaking isn’t."	NEU
United States	Jada Yuan Vulture	"The movie, is simply a love letter to the amazing people who inhabit it (...) It really is moving, and very relevant"	POS

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