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Radioactive

2019

Marjane Satrapi

Rosamund Pike, Sam Riley, Anya Taylor-Joy, Aneurin Barnard ...

5.7

2,490

Drama Pioneer - Rebel - Genius. Radioactive is an incredible, true story of Marie Sklodowska-Curie and her Nobel Prize-winning work that changed the world forever. As she discovers previously unknown radioactive elements, it soon becomes terrifyingly evident that her work could lead to applications in medicine that could save thousands of lives -- or applications in warfare that could destroy them by the millions.

	Author	Review
United States	Deborah Young The Hollywood Reporter	"A pleasantly informative if unremarkable biopic (...) The female energy behind this project makes itself felt in many ways, including a pervasive educational feminism that feels overloaded at times."	NEU
United States	Amy Nicholson Variety	"A century-spanning drama illuminated by Marjane Satrapi's creative quirks (...) The globe has applauded Curie’s creation long after her death, polishing the marble image “Radioactive” works hard to scuff"	POS
United States	Eric Kohn IndieWire	"Marjane Satrapi's portrait of the renowned chemist and physicist is imperfect, but captures the spirit of its subject (...) Pike delivers a dazzling performance"	POS
Canada	Kate Taylor The Globe and Mail	"The problem is not so much Satrapi’s theatrical approach to the subject (...) as it is Jack Thorne’s abysmal script, full of clunky exposition about isolating elements, curing cancer and refusing sexism (...) Rating: ★★ (out of four)"	NEU
United Kingdom	Tim Grierson Screendaily	"An uneven but intelligent biopic about Marie Curie that fights against its inherent conventionality (...) Even when Radioactive falters, Pike’s calm authority gives the film a strong centre"	POS
United Kingdom	Charles Bramesco The Guardian	"A stuffy and patronising drama that does a great disservice to its undeniably fascinating subject (...) Rating: ★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	The film’s effectiveness owes much to Pike’s elemental performance (...) defiantly unconventional journey into a defiantly unconventional life (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Christy Lemire rogerebert.com	"The ambition of this storytelling approach is intriguing (...) but the result feels both scattered and painfully literal, and it saps the momentum Satrapi has built (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEU
United States	Adam Chitwood Collider	"Pike delivers quite possibly her best performance since 'Gone Girl' and the film serves as a striking reminder that her talent is still somehow underutilized"	POS
United States	John Serba Decider	"The film is full of visual artistry (...) Tonally, however, it’s wildly inconsistent, the choppy, piecemeal screenplay rendering some moments brilliant and provocative, and others stiff and dreadful, almost laughable."	NEU

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