Thursday, December 17, 2020

The Professor & the Madman (2019) REVIEW 9/10


Despite roadblocks by certain people and production companies I won’t mention and critics trying to show solidarity against these great men (Mel Gibson and Sean Penn) the movie is wonderful and moving.  The Lord rebuke those claim to champion art yet constantly hate anyone who doesn’t play the game by their rules.  Thank you to Netflix for showing this film.  Like Taylor Swift song says "haters are gonna hate". 

Simon Winchester’s book “The Professor and the Madman” was of interest to actor Mel Gibson.  I love Mel Gibson and we all owe him a great debt for his part in so many great films.  I for one trust his gut and this one doesn’t disappoint.  Sadly Mel has many enemies in Hollywood and for that reason I never even heard about the film.  I’m so glad I’ve learned to not look at critical reviews. They are all puppets of the progressive left wing machine pushing their propaganda.   I check out IMDB reviews and talk to friends and family I trust.  Filmmaker Safinia created magic.  MUST SEE FILM!

This telling of an unlikely partnership between Murray and Minor made for a great film.   Championed by Frederick Furnivall to take over the stalled creation of the English dictionary, he overcomes academic snobs and gets the position estimated to take from 5-7 years.

At the same time doctor Minor mistakenly kills the wrong man and is declared insane and imprisoned. Minor’s sense of guilt leads him to offer money to the murdered man’s widow Eliza Merrett (Natalie Dormer).

Murray is meanwhile working on the dictionary & finds himself overwhelmed and undermined by those who should be helping.  A general call is put out for public assistance to submit word origins, and Minor gets word and for a time is their salvation.  Murray has no idea his savior is criminally insane until he travels to thank him. They spark a long friendship and the story really gets good.   But what will the elite Oxford elite think of a madman contributing to their dictionary?

It's a great film, great story so I recommend it to everyone.  The movies Hollywood promotes I usually hate and are full of trash and those I never hear about and find anyway I love.  I saw one reviewer who said Penn outperformed his role in Mystic River.  Gibson is one of the greats and will be remembered like Clark Gable and Jimmy Stewart.  This film has no politics, sex, or bad language and its awesome and engaging – will wonders never cease. 

This one has it all.  Friendship, courage, love, fun, death, forgiveness, compassion, dedication, jerks, suffering and much more.  Again, we can ignore the critics and have fun watching it.  It actually promotes character qualities.  It shows us the value of life.  Here are some quotes I liked and you can watch for when you see it:

I can, because of you...... Eliza Merrett

“If love... Then what?” Eliza Merrett

“When I read, nobody's after me. When I read, I'm the one who's chasing.”  James Murray

“Sometimes when we push away, that is when we most need to be resisted.”  Ada Murray

“- James Murray: Who's she?
- Dr. Minor: The impossible.
- James Murray: The more impossible, the greater the love.
- Dr. Minor: Do you truly believe that? My heart is so sick.
- James Murray: Well... what I know of love is that the sickness often becomes the cure.”



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