Professor Marston And The Wonder Women
In a superhero origin tale unlike any other, the film is the incredible true story of what inspired Harvard psychologist Dr. William Moulton Marston to create the iconic Wonder Woman character in the 1940's. While Marston's feminist superhero was criticized by censors for her 'sexual perversity', he was keeping a secret that could have destroyed him. Marston's muses for the Wonder Woman character were his wife Elizabeth Marston and their lover Olive Byrne, two empowered women who defied convention: working with Marston on human behavior research -- while building a hidden life with him that rivaled the greatest of superhero disguises.
1983, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
3 May 1982, London, England, UK
1 April 1978, Boulder, Colorado, USA
16 November 1980, Artesia, New Mexico, USA
9 December 1954
15 April 1979, Pontypool, Wales, UK
27 May 1987, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
December 18, 2017
It's an interesting story with a good cast that is marred by the awkward framing and a tendency to fall into the generic tropes of filmed biographies.
October 23, 2017
It's quite a story and a cinematic task writer-director Angela Robinson is not always up to. But I wasn't bored, and in this anemic year that's saying a mouthful.
October 13, 2017
Professor Marston and the Wonder Women aims to shake you up, make you think and maybe even squirm a little.
December 17, 2017
This is a powerful depiction of how society fears outsiders who bring big ideas that can change the world.
December 27, 2017
Without giving too much away, this trio's relationship goes on for decades, but it is the act of watching it evolve and usurp puritanical attitudes to triumph in so many ways that makes this fascinating biopic work as well as it does.
December 01, 2017
Professor Marston and the Wonder Women presents a fascinating backstory for a beloved superhuman heroine. And, it's underlying themes of freedom and feminism are timely.
October 17, 2017
The attention paid to Elizabeth and Olive's roles in every aspect of Marston's crazy life is enough to brighten this film.
December 18, 2017
The drama also shows that Wonder Woman has come a long way, baby. Gone is her whole weakness to submission, being rendered harmless every time a man tied her up.
December 02, 2017
The presentation of the relationship between William, Elizabeth, and Olive has a purity and beauty that was captured and shines throughout the film.
October 13, 2017
Wonder Woman's genesis in bondage play and a willfully naughty attempt to subvert the mainstream deserves a more courageous film than this one, gauzy and overscored.
December 13, 2017
This is a film about eroticism and passion that is neither erotic nor passionate.
October 13, 2017
Writer-director Angela Robinson is interested in both her subjects and their ideas, and that counts for something.
