When I visited Antigua, Guatemala in May of 2005, I was quite stunned to see Bill Condon's biopic "Kinsey," based on the life of sex researcher Alfred Kinsey playing at a small movie theatre there!
I had seen the film which stars Laura Linney, Liam Neeson (as Kinsey) and Peter Sarsgaard, at the Grandin Theatre in Roanoke, Va., several months earlier.
I thought in spite of some slow scenes, the film was effective look at the secret side of American sexuality and why there is always an inherent conflict in our society about what goes on in people's bedrooms.
Laura Kern of "Film Comment" said the film focuses on more than just the scientist's commitment to the study of human sexuality as it looks at his own distorted personal life, including his bisexuality.
Kern added that the role was Neeson's strongest for "Schindler's List" and it provided him with another Oscar nomination. The film critic also credited Linney for her own brilliant performance as Kinsey's wife as well as Starsgaard as his assistant who ultimately seduces both of them.
Kern also said that the Puritanical values which Kinsey had to deal with still exist to do this very day, and perhaps the film would be even more timely if seen in 2008 given the recent sex scandals of Sen. Larry Craig (R-Idaho).
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