Greetings again from the darkness. This is one of those films that I walked out of thinking about what wonderful performances I had just seen, but wondering why the story left me feeling so empty. Director Bill Condon (the far superior "Gods and Monsters") fails to capture the emotion and divisiveness of the times. Liam Neeson as Dr. Kinsey and especially (a dressed-down) Laura Linney do a terrific job of capturing the passion and strains of a newly married couple and of people being attacked by "proper" society. Peter Saarsgard is very good in his role as Kinsey's assistant and more. John Lithgow turns in his "Footloose" puritanism again, only this time with more bitterness. The great Oliver Platt is given nothing to work with and can anyone explain why Veronica Cartright was cast as Neeson's mom? She is only two years older than him. Don't miss the almost unrecognizable Lynn Redgrave as the last of Kinsey's interviews. It is always a pleasure to watch fine acting, but this story should have been so much more powerful than what was delivered. Great acting, weak screenplay.
Review of Kinsey
