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Rent Professor Marston and the Wonder Women (2017)
- Actors:
- Luke Evans, Rebecca Hall, Bella Heathcote et al.
- Directors:
- Angela Robinson
- Runtime:
- DVD: 104 min.
- Availability:
- Synopsis:
"Professor Marston and the Wonder Women" is based on the extraordinary true story of the creator of one of the most iconic super heroes ever conceived, and the seductive secret life he kept from his fans. Harvard psychologist Dr. William Moulton Marston (Luke Evans) was roundly criticized for the creation of his feminist superhero, but it was his personal life, with his polyamorous relationship with his wife, Elizabeth (Rebecca Hall) and their lover, Olive (Bella Heathcote), that was more provocative than any adventure he had ever written.
- Actors:
- Luke Evans, Rebecca Hall, Bella Heathcote, Connie Britton, Monica Giordano, JJ Feild, Chris Conroy, Oliver Platt, Maggie Castle, Alexa Havins, Sharon Kubo, Allie Gallerani, Christopher Jon Gombos, Forry Buckingham, Stacy Fischer, Gabriella Nail, Frank Ridley, Ken Cheeseman, Tom Kemp, Christopher Paul Richards
- Directors:
- Angela Robinson
- Producers:
- Amy Redford
- Writers:
- Angela Robinson
- Year:
- 2017
- Studio:
- Sony
- Genres:
- Biographies, Dramas Based on True Stories, Period Dramas
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A remarkable film - Professor Marston and the Wonder Women review by JG
When films are based on true stories you kinda always wonder how much is artistic license. Even if you halved the true story portrayed in this film it would still be a remarkable tale.
It's a slow burner to start but what unfolds is really, really fascinating. There are lots of side twists. The acting and directing are spot on. Quite adult content in places we see the evolution of the global phenomena of Wonder-woman develop from an amazing ménage a trois.
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Fun film , but awful treatment - Professor Marston and the Wonder Women review by DB
I enjoyed the movie , it gives you a whole new perspective on the comic book character and gives an insight into characters who , while having heir ups and downs were true to themselves. I have no insight to offer on its historical accuracy , I suspect it promotes entertainment over accuracy , it is a movie after all and most peoples lives run to a predictable pattern when viewed from the outside which would make for a pretty dull movie. As a piece of fun though , well worth watching.
A word of warning though , whoever was responsible for the movie transfer to DVD should be ashamed of themselves the bitrate is ludicrously low - and for no good reason that I can think of. There is plenty of space on a DVD after all. As a result the movie looks pretty poor, really along the lines of 8mm , which even your phone can improve on these days.
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Recent reviews by members
Suprise, suprise! - Professor Marston and the Wonder Women review by HM
Well knock me down with a feather! An intriguing drama about the sado-masochistic story of the invention of a cartoon character. I expect stuff is lurking around behind other comic creations too as the whole genre is camp and a bit odd. Performances are strong, scripting is engaging and how on earth did Wonder Woman ever get into print for kids featuring bondage and whipping/spanking etc?
I found the movie informative and entertaining; a great combination if you like to 'learn something' when you watch a movie. Certainly caught my attention and kept it.
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Intriguing and satisfying - Professor Marston and the Wonder Women review by Alphaville
This intelligent, engrossing and kinky biopic is about the psychology of emotions and the nature of male/female relationships. Marston is a Harvard psychology professor. With his even cleverer wife (a sparkling Rebecca Hall) he invents the lie detector. They both love their female assistant.
Inspired by the two women in his life, Marston creates Wonder Woman to show girls they can be anything they want to be, but this is defiantly not a superhero film. It's much more than that. It's a brilliant, unconventional film about brilliant, unconventional people. Unlike most anti-intellectual multiplex fodder, it's chock full of interesting ideas as well as being grounded in three compelling characters. As the trio fall foul of social norms and Wonder Woman comics are publicly burnt, you'll be rooting for them all the way.
The whole film is a clarion call for the freedom to live your life as you wish. In Marston's words, 'Who are you to judge us?' One thing's for sure, you'll never look at Wonder Woman the same way again.
It's sensitively directed by its writer Angela Robinson with a commitment and compassion perfectly attuned to its subject matter. The DVD extras explore the background and making of the film with similar heart.
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The Story Behind the Creation of Wonder Woman - Professor Marston and the Wonder Women review by JR
The story of a menage a trois. Marston came across in the film as not particularly intelligent, dogmatic and inflexible in his beliefs, and the actor who played him was too young and too good looking. Elizabeth, his wife, seemed more intelligent, but completely uncompromising, bad tempered and humourless, and it's hard to see why the saintly, mousey Olive, the third part of the manage, is so attracted to her. But what unites them is an obsession with kinky sex. They encounter hostility and prejudice from their work colleagues and neighbours because of their lifestyle, but it's hard to feel much sympathy for them, especially when they leave the door unlocked and a neighbour finds them in flagranto . The effect of their domestic arrangements is on their children is not explored, and the children seem absent a lot of the time so the parents can get on with their sex sessions unemcumbered. Wonder Woman is seen these days as a feminist icon, but she was a male erotic bondage fantasy . For a film that has sado-masochistic sex at its core, the sex scenes are very tame (no nudity) and unerotic.
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Overlong, dull, boring, 'politically correct', feminist-issues movie - Professor Marston and the Wonder Women review by PV
This movie feels long - very long. Its plodding and tiresome from the start and is in general just boring - which is quite an achievement when one considers it depicts sado-masochist sex!
This is one a spate of new feminist-issues movies to come out of Hollywood now, directed by women often, showing women as strong and men as weak - though of course Wonderwoman was created by a man, and the recent movie was written and directed by a man too!
My first issue was that I simply did not believe these characters were living in the 1920s and 30s - it was if they were #metoo activists transported through time and dressed up in 1920s costumes like puppets.
My 2nd issue is that Wonderwoman really is like a Poundland Superman. I was aware of the TV series in the late 70s but as a boy it held no interest for me - whereas I adored Dr Who, The 6 Million Dollar Man, and didn't mind The Hulk.
My 3rd issue is the way all these historical films set in the past portray people with morals and opinions of the 21st century as GOOD and all those with other opinions as BAD. It is silly and infantile, and not how life or history works! So women who believe in being housewives in stable 2 parent married households are mocked. WHY?
It's just so long and dull - and is basically an attempt to cash in on the Wonderwoman movie.
The BEST bit is at the end when over the credits we see real photos of the real-life characters portrayed - and neither of those real-life women were at all pretty, and the man was older too.
One to avoid except for Wonderwomen fanatics.
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DVD details
- Suitable only for persons of 15 years and over
- Release Date:
- 19/03/2018
- Run Time:
- 104 minutes
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.39:1
- Format:
- Pal
- Colour:
- Colour
- Languages:
- Czech, English, English Audio Description, Hungarian, Polish, Turkish
- Subtitles:
- Arabic, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, English, English Hard of Hearing, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Serbian, Slovakian, Slovenian, Turkish
- Special features:
- A Dynamic Trio: Birth of a Feminist Icon
- A Crucial Point of View: Directing 'Professor Marston and the Wonder Women'
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