Jack Hawkins HeyUGuys Jan 13, 2021 5/5

Historical films should serve to reanimate the past with honesty, insight and a certain degree of entertainment,Bill Condon's Kinsey is a preeminent example of this, and it also has the uncommon distinction of real, unadulterated accuracy.

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Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com Sep 13, 2020 3.5/4.0

With honesty, frankness and explicit authenticity Kinsey becomes one of 2004's best pictures.

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David Ansen Newsweek Mar 13, 2018

For a movie so frank and explicit, Kinsey has a soft spirit...Kinsey is a celebration of diversity; it's about the solace knowledge can bring.

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David N. Butterworth rec.arts.movies.reviews Sep 5, 2015 2.5/4

"Kinsey," like the pioneering sex researcher profiled therein, reduces its subject to a bit of a dry academic exercise.

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David Nusair Reel Film Reviews Jul 1, 2012 1.5/4

A seriously by-the-numbers biopic...

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Nell Minow Common Sense Media Dec 24, 2010 4/5

Great movie, but not for kids.

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Felix Vasquez Jr. Cinema Crazed Apr 29, 2009

Fascinating as well as entertaining...

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Cole Smithey ColeSmithey.com Apr 18, 2009 A

"Kinsey" is itself a sex education movie that uses historical fact and personal stories to articulate things that statistics can't reveal, like the uniqueness of every individual's imagination.

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Devin Faraci CHUD Feb 27, 2009 8.8/10

I urge you to go see this film when it comes to a theater near you -- not only to enjoy a well made film, but also to send a message that there ain't nothing wrong with a little bump and grind.

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Jim Lane Sacramento News & Review Aug 7, 2008 3/5

Performances are excellent, and the period look is impeccable, but Condon's worshipful tone makes the movie an exercise in unconscious irony: an utterly conventional biography of an utterly unconventional man.

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Stella Papamichael BBC.com Jan 7, 2008 4/5

He's a terribly flawed man but instead of soapy histrionics, Condon underlines the tragedy with outrageous humour.

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Rob Gonsalves Rob's Movie Vault Aug 4, 2007 A

The saddening thing about "Kinsey" is that it's no longer as funny as it would have been just a few years ago.

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Joe Lozito Big Picture Big Sound Jul 14, 2007 3.5/4

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Prairie Miller Long Island Press Mar 23, 2007

Notable for encompassing a man committed in the extreme to the uninhibited, matter of fact scrutiny of sexuality, even if open and exposed like a wound.

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Betsy Bozdech DVDJournal.com Oct 22, 2006 3/4

As an introduction to one of the 20th century's most polarizing personalities, Condon's picture pushes all the right buttons.

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Peter T. Chattaway Christianity Today Sep 25, 2006 3/4

Kinsey is a hagiographic tribute to the man who helped make possible the emerging do-whatever-you-want orthodoxy of our own times.

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Sandra Hall Sydney Morning Herald Jan 17, 2006

Liam Neeson somehow knits Kinsey's qualities together in a likeable human pattern.

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Pete Vonder Haar Film Threat Dec 6, 2005 4/5

Neeson gives one of his best performances and is -- you'll forgive the expression -- as loose as he's ever been in a role, while Linney turns in another effortless performance.

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Scott Nash Three Movie Buffs Sep 30, 2005 3/4

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Kevin Carr 7M Pictures Jul 22, 2005 3/5

While subjects like masturbation, homosexuality and wife swapping were taboo in Kinsey's time, they're everyday topics today.

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