This was the legitimate Christy pick for April. I missed March, so I watched Buying the Cow early and this one is going to squeak in on the last day, so if you're a Christy-pick fan (and I have to assume you are since I've never received and email or comment stating otherwise), you're in luck.
This is a dramatization of Dr. Alfred Kinsey (Liam Neeson) and his attempt to scientifically study human sexuality. An entomologist by training, Dr. Kinsey becomes fed up with hearing the outrageous myths and outright lies perpetuated about sex and decides to apply the principles of the scientific method to finding out the truth. It was incredibly controversial for the 1940's, and even today in some circles. Aided by his wife, Mac (Laura Linney), and his team (Peter Sarsgaard, Chris O'Donnell, and Timothy Hutton), Kinsey takes the anonymous sexual histories of hundreds of people across the country and uses them to compile a statistical analysis of behavior. Along the way, he jeopardizes his marriage, his career, his friendships, and his health.
Dr. Kinsey's work was invaluable as a study. His book helped countless people who were struggling with desires they had no one to talk about with to feel more normal. That being said, the movie was utterly cringeworthy. I find it difficult to be around someone with an obsession. It's great that people have a cause, but when they don't shut up about it, it gets incredibly tedious and awkward. The movie doesn't attempt to shy away from the awkwardness at all. It tries to shoehorn some blurb about love in right before the end credits, which I found a ludicrous attempt to make this movie relateable to people who went in thinking it was going to be a romance. It's not. It's a biopic. If you're still interested in it, by all means, watch the movie. Just be prepared.
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