Kinsey and his Taboo Life

Last night, I watched the movie "Kinsey," and wow, the film was beyond great. It's one of those eye-opener and talk-of-the-town movies of all time leaving you with capsules of questions and 50-50 judgments.

After watching it, my mind was filled with realizations, insights and psychological interpretations and this is the reason why I am writing this blog. In fact, this movie was recognized as one of the Golden Globe's Best Pictures in 2004.

This movie was actually introduced to me by Abby, a friend of mine in work, during the lunch break. The topic was simply got burst out from our mouths and after we talked about it, I started to browse Youtube and Wikipedia about the whereabouts of the film.

So, here's the interesting trailer I stumbled upon in YouTube. Watch it and meet Alfred Charles Kinsey!


Film Synopsis: Source: .Plugged In Online
It’s the early 1900s, and young Alfred Kinsey, a resident of Indiana, United States, is being raised in a strict Methodist home where newfangled inventions such as automobiles, electricity, telephones and zippers are thought to be the spawn of Satan. They’re just waiting to lure the unsuspecting into sexual immorality. Spurning his father’s wish that he become an engineer, Kinsey’s fascination with nature leads him to become an entomologist, specializing in the study of gall wasps.


Alfred Kinsey, as portrayed by Liam Neeson in the film.

Because of sexual difficulties early in his marriage and appalled that no one seems to have answers to simple questions about sexuality, Kinsey (as portrayed by Liam Neeson) sets about researching human sexual behavior to fill that void. Using three specially trained assistants namely Clyde Martin (Peter Sarsgaard), Wardell Pomeroy (Chris O’Donnell) and Timothy Hutton (Paul Gebhard), he interviews men and women in "nonjudgmental terms" to find out what’s going on behind the bedroom doors of America. Along the way, he encourages his assistants to swap wives, allows his children to engage in frank sexual discussions at the dinner table and turns America’s sexual mores upside down.

Personal Reactions:
The movie was unforgettable and it will surely be in my Top 10 favorites. Overall, it doesn't only have a complex plot but it really talks about the unusual and unpredictable scenarios of life.

In this film, almost all the taboo matters in life you can think of as of this moment (Sex, Masturbation, Homosexuality, Unfaithfulness, Anger, Hostility, Father Conflict, etc.) are openly discussed and if you're not open-minded about those controversies, you can automatically say that you will never watch this film again.

The film has a lot of violent and sexual content. The characters were using profane language that's completely off the hook in Christian world. Some scenes took place in a social drinking parties that give rise to drug and alcohol addiction.

But no matter how controversial this movie, there are still hundreds of insightful learning you can dig on. One of which is about homosexuality. In this movie, you will learn that you really can't tell if a man is completely straight or homosexual. Whether you have a wife, a husband, it somehow irrational to conclude that you are straight. As what Kinsey, the creator of Human Sexual Orientation Scale, implied that human sexuality is a fluid evolution. That means, as long as we are all alive, our sexual preferences can change no matter what.

Yet, the movie has still discussed an unclear portion about LOVE. Watch this final scene from the movie to know what I mean.