Movie #1953 "Radioactive" (amazon prime movie) I am a huge Madame Curie fan ever since I read a book on her in my h.s.days. A woman who won 2 nobel prizes is an ideal biography for me ---- but something is missing in this film ---- she is portrayed in such a dry, cold, grim way in this story. The movie with Ingrid Bergman, I can still remember 20 years later, showed such a close, romantic relationship with her hubby, and this one seems to lack that passion. It definitely gives a nod to the modern interpretation of the female as being passed over and ignored in her research and studies ---it also covers the first good attitude our society had toward radium, that quickly turned into the negatives. but to only point those two things out make her an angry confused character. And not one we really care about. What about the illness she developed from her research? -- she suggests in a line that she has a problem , but I think the film might have spent maybe a couple more minutes making her more likable and someone we feel sorry for..... One thing I did like is how it was filmed ---- filmically, it was interesting to watch --- for example, when the Curies first meet, there's a ballerina they are watching who is doing turns with a big skirt, and occasionally it goes back to that ---- I can' t remember why right now (the excitement of watching the artist's energy possibly?) but it was effective. Bottom line: this is more than a common biopic, but I'm not sure many people would like it because it comes across passionless. I give it a 3 out of 5.
"RADIOACTIVE
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