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The Professor and the Madman
PG13 (SINGAPORE)
2019
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The Professor and the Madman
Positive Reviews
11
Negative reviews
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Average Rating
2.5
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1.9
Well never know where Shemrans movie truly lost its way, but its current form of saving face by sounding smart will make viewers want to simply move o ..
Rogerebert
1.5
For those that have been anticipating this curious, much delayed oddity, the good news is that Gibson is fine; its everything else that doesnt work.
Variety
4.5
Ironically, for a movie about words, the dialogue sparks to life only on rare occasion. (
The Hollywood Reporter
2.0
Now theres a tale thats rarely explored, with the production taking inspiration from a Simon Winchester book to bring such specificity in invention to ..
Blu Ray
3.5
In 1870s London, self taught Scottish linguist James Murray (Gibson) is appointed to compile the first comprehensive English dictionary.
Shadows On The Wall
1.5
What a superficial and tedious motion picture, never quite bad enough to be campy, never remotely good enough to justify watching it instead of readin ..
The Wrap
2.0
When we get to self mutilation, theres at least a certain justice.
Smh
1.5
Anchoring the melodrama in Minors unconventional reconditioning isnt surprising, its an old archetype thats been weaved through titles like Lorenzos O ..
Film Inquiry
3.6
Its a tad selfish in its machinations and, knowing Gibsons history with self indulgently masochistic stories (Passion Of The Christ, anyone), a bit su ..
Film Ink
3.5
A procession of grey beards explaining the plot to each other doesnt always make for engrossing viewing, but in its better scenes, The Professor does ..
Stuff
3.0
There are a lot of subplots involving angry publishers, unexpected love interests, and knowledgeable assistants but when blended all together, you get ..
The Film Pie
3.0
If only The Professor and the Madman as a whole matched the central performances, but it falls short on a number of levels.
The Australian
1.5
Unfortunately, the many subplots left me with a sense of confusion and feeling like I had lost two years instead of two hours when it ended.
The New Paper
3.0
Jim Carrey manages to steal much of the film with his heightened mannerisms and scenery chewing over acting. It is a treat seeing him back in the zany ..
Tiny Url
2.5
A biopic with no flavor or color that barely does any justice to its title characters.
1.5
The first feature from screenwriter turned director Farhad Safinia, this perhaps isnt quite as dire as Gibson would have you believe but its certainly ..
Adelaide Review
3.0
If there is a reasonexists, Finnish director Dome Karukoski () doesnt give audiences any hints.
Sa Current
1.5
The movie works when it focuses on the story about a friendship between two men who are obsessed.
La Nación (Argentina)
2.5
It could have been a more noble and genuinely intense film and it could have been better.
3.5
It is still a properly directed drama, obsessed with transmitting the redemptive capacity of the written word in its first stretch.
3.3
Safinia goes from sensitivity to sentimentality, and offers a film with remarkable ups and downs, with notable passages and avoidable digressions.
2.0
Penn is extraordinary in his depiction of insanity interrupted by spells of rational thought that lead only to crushing guilt. The films underlying th ..
2.0
Be warned, drift off and youll be startled into popcorn loss disaster.
The New Daily (Australia)
3.0
With the director missing here, theres a schizophrenic feeling about the film: its never sure whether its noble historical drama or dark medical thril ..
The Canberra Times
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