The Professor and the Madman
The incredible true story that defined our world.
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DVD Details
- Rated: Not Rated
- Run Time: 2 hours, 4 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: August 13, 2019
- Originally Released: 2019
- Label: Vertical Ent
Performers, Cast and Crew:
| Starring | Sean Penn, Natalie Dormer & Mel Gibson | |
| Directed by | Farhad Safinia | |
| Screenwriting by | Farhad Safinia, John Boorman & Todd Komarnicki | |
| Composition by | Bear McCreary |
Entertainment Reviews:
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71%
Rating: B --
Penn is extraordinary in his depiction of insanity interrupted by spells of rational thought that lead only to crushing guilt. The film's underlying theme is the search for redemption, and Penn fearlessly plumbs those depths.
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Butler's Cinema Scene
Gibson is fine; it's everything else that doesn't work.
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Variety
Rating: 3/5 --
Despite not being happy with the final product, [Mel] Gibson doesn't hold back and proves he still has the dramatic chops to deliver a memorable performance if studios would give him a chance.
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San Antonio Current
Rating: 1.5/5 --
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.
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The New Paper (Singapore)
Simon Winchester's book was a best-seller, but you'd never know why from watching this turgid adaptation, which gives you the gist of these events with all the insight and heft of a B-minus high-school book report.
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TheWrap
Rating: 2.5/5 --
Unlike the tome, this movie is neither useful nor necessary.
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The Straits Times (Singapore)
Rating: 3.5/5 --
Gibson has a solid presence with a nice hint of lively wit, while the notably astonishing Penn channels Minor's madness and genius in intriguing parallel.
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Shadows on the Wall
Product Description:
Based on the novel THE PROFESSOR AND THE MADMAN BY SIMON WINCHESTER, this true story recounts the compilation of the Oxford Dictionary in 1857, as started by Professor James Murray (Mel Gibson). Murray and his team decided the only way to finish the project was to gather definitions from contributors from around the world. To their amazement, one man, Dr. W.C. Minor (Sean Penn), submitted over ten thousand words from just himself, despite being a resident at an asylum.
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Product Info
- Sales Rank: 115,800
- UPC: 031398304418
- Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
- International Shipping: 1 item