The Professor and the Madman
Vertical Entertainment | Release Date: May 10, 2019 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
27
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 5 Critic Reviews
Positive:
0
Mixed:
1
Negative:
4
Watch Now
Buy on
Stream On
Stream On
Stream On
Stream On
Expand

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
50
Movie NationRoger MooreDec 31, 2020
As “unfilmmable” as a movie about men lost in words, attempting to write a dictionary might seem, there is a better picture in this subject, based on journalist/history buff Simon Winchester’s best selling book. Limiting its scope, beefing up the connection between the “consanguineous” correspondents, their letters and their meetings, giving the two men competing agendas (acceptance by academia vs “redemption”) rather than shoehorning both of them into one and losing the “love story” would have been a start. Read full review
38
RogerEbert.comNick AllenMay 10, 2019
It’s the presence of Gibson and his co-star Sean Penn, who give the project a stuffy sanctimoniousness, as it so transparently yearns to be the definition of “powerhouse acting.” Read full review
37
TheWrapWilliam BibbianiMay 12, 2019
What a superficial and tedious motion picture, never quite bad enough to be campy, never remotely good enough to justify watching it instead of reading the book’s Wikipedia page. Read full review
30
VarietyJay WeissbergApr 12, 2019
For those that have been anticipating this curious, much-delayed oddity, the good news is that Gibson is fine; it’s everything else that doesn’t work. Read full review
20
The Hollywood ReporterElizabeth KerrMay 27, 2019
The film’s only real draws are Gibson and Penn, who come at the material from opposite ends of the acting philosophy spectrum...It's simply confounding, much like the rest of the movie. Read full review
More From This Movie

27 Critic Reviews

7.3 User Reviews

Details & Credits|Trailers

Current Movie Releases
By MetascoreBy User Score
1 77 Project Hail Mary
2 75 Send Help
3 73 Hoppers
4 72 The Sheep Detectives
5 68 Crime 101
SEE ALL
Essential Links
New on Amazon Prime Video
New on Netflix
Coming Soon to DVD/Blu-ray
SEE ALL