The Professor and the Madman

2019 • 124 minutes
3.9
36 reviews
39%
Tomatometer
Eligible
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Based on the best-selling novel, THE PROFESSOR AND THE MADMAN tells the true tale of madness, genius, and obsession that led two remarkable men to leave their imprint on history with the writing of the Oxford English Dictionary.

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3.9
36 reviews
Jared Haselbarth
May 18, 2020
Couldn't even finish this awful movie. If you want to watch a terrible movie, watch this one. Right around an hour and half in, when the mom of six kids starts kissing the man who killed her husband, you'll realize that you've made an error in picking this movie and wasting $3.99.
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Jim Baker
September 19, 2019
It was a very complex story to tell, but this movie I feel did a very good job of revealing the complexity of the human mind and how some poor souls suffer. Mel and Sean did a great job.
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Kim Holcomb
October 14, 2019
This movie not only shows that the human experience can be fragile, it also shows that not only is the human condition fragile but it is also complex and yet it is simple. I felt that Mel Gibson and Sean Penn did an excellent job in potraying there characters as such. Bright intelligent complex men that are well beyond their time to carry out such a huge task. Huzzah!!!
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