Kinsey at Hoyts, Broadway
February 4th, 2005 at 10:15 am (Movies)
I guess it’s hard to distill an entire life into a couple of hours. Nevertheless, Kinsey did seem rather “bitty”. It felt as if there was lots of other stuff happening that we only saw segments of – e.g. his relationship with his son, and with the other researchers. Also, I felt that all the relationship problems were solved too quickly, too easily and too neatly. I found that side of it a bit hard to believe.
I also found the inclusion of the animal footage in the final credits a bit tacky. I assume it was footage taken for serious research purposes, but it seemed designed more to get a laugh – like something out of “Funniest Home Videos”.
Notwithstanding all of this, I didn’t dislike the film, and the performances were certainly good. But ultimately, it didn’t really engage me.