The Professor and the Madman
7.2
2019
2 hr 4 min
Drama
, History
, Thriller
, Mystery
Professor James Murray begins work compiling words for the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary in the mid 19th century, and receives over 10,000 entries from a patient at Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Dr. William Minor.
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- Cast:
- Mel Gibson , Sean Penn , Eddie Marsan , Natalie Dormer , Ioan Gruffudd , Steve Coogan , Jeremy Irvine
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Reviews
To me, this movie is perfection.
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A brilliant film that helped define a genre
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It's not great by any means, but it's a pretty good movie that didn't leave me filled with regret for investing time in it.
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There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.
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