Professor Marston & the Wonder Women

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Professor Marston & the Wonder Women

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2017

1h 48m

Biography

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Drama

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If behind every great man is a great woman, then Harvard psychologist and inventor Dr. William Moulton Marston has the good fortune of having two -- his wife Elizabeth and their mutual lover Olive Byrne. In addition to helping him perfect the lie detector test, the two women also inspire him to create one of the greatest female superheroes of all time -- the beloved comic book character Wonder Woman.

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Professor Marston & The Wonder Women winds a lasso of cinematic truth around a fascinating fact-based tale with strong performances from its three stars.

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Heather Hogan

Autostraddle

She's brought an ardent screenplay, a soaring score, and unapologetically gauzy sunlight to bear on the story of the man, his wife, and their lover who created the most iconic female superhero of all time.

Jul 2, 2018

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Mark Matousek

Slant Magazine

This is a film about eroticism and passion that is neither erotic nor passionate.

Rated: 2/4

Dec 13, 2017

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Wenlei Ma

News.com.au

At times the movie veers into sentimentality and the pacing slacks off in the final 30 minutes, but it never loses its magnetic focus on those three strong, central performances.

Rated: 3/5

Nov 16, 2017

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Brian T. Carney

Washington Blade

Robinson explores their love with great sensitivity and eroticism and without sensationalism and also celebrates the power of creativity and intellectual curiosity.

Dec 14, 2022

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

The breezy first half gives way to a more cumbersome second part, but the film never loses altitude in either its open-minded approach or in its pointed criticism of conservative prudery and anti-intellectualism.

Rated: 3/4

Sep 18, 2021

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Jason Best

What's On TV

This decidedly odd and kinky tale is evidently a passion project for writer-director Angela Robinson (maker of cheeky teen spy spoof D.E.B.S.), and she brings a sly wit and touching sweetness to her telling of it.

Rated: 4/5

Dec 20, 2020

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G.D. 0

Love this movie so much

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/21/24

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Georgan G

A film worthy of the topic of polyamory. The feelings, communication and honesty required in a mature emotional three-some are portrayed. Lovely drama.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/03/24

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Alec B

Given the subject matter this movie really needed a less conventional approach

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/05/24

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PridePosterStudios

A film with good polyamory representation?!

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

04/26/24

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Alejandro E

The film, rather than referring to the superhero genre, is a glimpse of the efforts to impose revolutionary ideas in a prim and pious society, loaded with prejudices. Action-hungry moviegoers might be disappointed, but that doesn't stop them from finding the flavor.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

06/23/23

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Johann D. M

🏳️‍🌈 This biographical drama about American psychologist William Moulton Marston and his polyamorous relationship with his wife Elizabeth Holloway Marston and their mistress Olive Byrne who would inspire his creation of the superheroine, Wonder Woman with their feminist leanings in the 1930s. A fascinating and provocative fact-based story about a topic as unconventional as polyamory with three solid lead performances that make the audience believe in the actual possibility of a committed polyamorous relationship. It also represents the BDSM community with more respect than previous films actually focused on those practices have tried to achieve. The typical biopic formula is perfectly balanced with the romance between these 3 characters, and it is also quite critical of conservative prudery. Overall, it depicts an interesting perspective of life that makes for a brilliant story about freedom, love and superheroines.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

06/14/23

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Synopsis

If behind every great man is a great woman, then Harvard psychologist and inventor Dr. William Moulton Marston has the good fortune of having two -- his wife Elizabeth and their mutual lover Olive Byrne. In addition to helping him perfect the lie detector test, the two women also inspire him to create one of the greatest female superheroes of all time -- the beloved comic book character Wonder Woman.

Director: Angela Robinson
Producer: Terry Leonard, Amy Redford
Screenwriter: Angela Robinson
Distributor: Annapurna Pictures
Production Co: Strongman, Stage 6 Films, Topple Productions, Boxspring Entertainment
Rating: R (Language|Brief Graphic Images|Strong Sexual Content)
Genre: Biography, History, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 13, 2017, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 19, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA): $1.6M
Runtime: 1h 48m

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