Liam Neeson gives a bravura performance as the title character in KINSEY, which details the controversial and dramatic rise of sex researcher Alfred C. Kinsey. Raised in a sexually repressed household with a preacher father (John Lithgow) who believes the zipper is the devil's work, young Kinsey goes against his father's wishes and studies biology, eventually becoming a leading authority on the gall wasp. His skill at classification, organization, and research, combined with his own burgeoning sexuality following his marriage to Clara McMillen (Laura Linney), leads him to begin investigating the nature of human sexuality. Working at Indiana University, Kinsey finds that sex is something many Americans have been waiting a long time to talk about. Unfortunately, others consider his work to be disgusting and want it ended. Writer-director Bill Condon (GODS AND MONSTERS) alternates between short black-and-white scenes of Kinsey answering his own sex survey questions, with longer color scenes that flash back to the important moments of his life. Kinsey's boyhood through his formative years, and his obsessions with the gall wasp and human sexual behavior, are thoroughly documented. The publication of the seminal books SEXUAL BEHAVIOR IN THE HUMAN MALE (1948) and SEXUAL BEHAVIOR IN THE HUMAN FEMALE (1953) mark his primary achievements. Interestingly, it is the second book that causes the biggest panic, as a repressed society refuses to believe that women have the same needs and desires as men. Neeson and Linney make a wonderfully refreshing couple, freely sharing each other for all to see. Peter Sarsgaard, Chris O'Donnell, and Timothy Hutton lend fine supporting work as Kinsey's staff. KINSEY is an enlightening, engaging, yet frightening film, revealing how far the understanding of American sexuality has come--and how far it still has to go.

THEATRICAL RELEASE: NOVEMBER 12, 2004

DVD Features:

Region 1
Keep Case
Special Edition
Widescreen - 2.35
Disc 1: KINSEY
Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentary: Bill Condon - Writer/Director
Trailers: SEARCHLIGHT SIZZLE
Disc 2:
Additional Release Material:
Deleted Scenes
Bloopers: Blooper Reel
Alternate Ending: Optional Commentary by Bill Condon - Writer/Director
Featurette:
1. THE KINSEY REPORT - SEX ON FILM
2. SEX ED AT THE KINSEY INSTITUTE
Trailers:
1. What the Bleep Trailer
2. Theatrical Trailer
Interactive Features:
Interactive Games: Sex Questionnaire

Liam Neeson: Irish actor, EXCALIBUR/SCHINDLER'S LIST
Laura Linney: Actress
Chris O'Donnell: American actor
Peter Sarsgaard: 
Timothy Hutton: American Actor "Ordinary People"/Son Of Actor Jim Hutton
John Lithgow: American Actor
Tim Curry: British Actor/Singer, THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW (1975)
Oliver Platt: Actor, BEETHOVEN
Dylan Baker: American actor, LOVE POTION #9/SPIDER-MAN movie series
Kathleen Chalfant: 
Lynn Redgrave: British Actress, GEORGY GIRL (1966)
Veronica Cartwright: Film & television actress, THE BIRDS, ALIEN

Bill Condon: American Director

Gail Mutrux: Producer, "Donnie Brasco"

Bill Condon: American Director

Carter Burwell: American composer, NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN

"The director addresses sexuality with candor and wit, but it is the act of research as much as its object that imparts to KINSEY its flush of passion and its rush of romance."
"Keen craftsmanship gets the film out of the gate in a zip....It's one of the year's better movies. Linney is a match for Neeson..."
"Liam Neeson essays a brave and often endearing portrait of Kinsey..."
"[T]he film is meticulously researched and thoughtfully balanced....It's a biopic with sass and edge..."
"Incisive, gripping, and unpreachy, the film will continue to arouse discussion regarding the morality of Kinsey's methods..."
"Intelligently written and directed with a pleasing frankness....A notable life and a significant film."
"Sarsgaard is characteristically riveting...and every character, however passing, is casually exquisite and exquisitely cast."
"[A] scrappy, funny, hot-to-trot biopic....Liam Neeson digs into his best role in years as Kinsey....It's a monumental performance."
"[T]his is a brave and intelligent which most directors wouldn't have dared attempt."
"Condon has a real knack for making biopics breathe....He also has an eye for witty detail."