Professor Marston & The Wonder Women is the controversial and unconventional true story of Wonder Woman’s creator Professor Marston. Whether you are a fan of the most famous female superhero of all time or not, it does not matter as Professor Marston & The Wonder Women is ultimately a love story, in fact a story of true love between a man and two women in the Thirties when unconventional relationships were illegal and tabu. Read my review to find out why I liked it and why you should not miss Professor Marston & The Wonder Women when it is released in cinemas today.
The story
A superhero origin tale unlike any other, Professor Marston & The Wonder Women is the incredible true story of what inspired Harvard psychologist and inventor Dr. William Moulton Marston to create the iconic feminist superhero Wonder Woman. While Marston’s groundbreaking character was pilloried by censors for its sexual frankness, he was living a secret life that was equally controversial. Marston’s inspiration for Wonder Woman were his wife Elizabeth Holloway Marston and their mutual lover Olive Byrne, self-empowered women who defied social conventions while they helped Marston advance his prescient behavioral research.
Starring:
Luke Evans
Rebecca Hall
Bella Heathcote
Connie Britton
Oliver Platt
Directed by: Angela Robinson
The trailer
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Featurettes
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The verdict
Professor Marston and the Wonder Women is essentially a feminist film about the sensitive creator of the comic book hero that has changed the perspective on superheroes. His life story is particularly unique. William Marston (played by gorgeous Luke Evans) was a psychologist by education and a university Professor who contributed to the invention of the lie detector in the Twenties. Nevertheless he is most famous for the creating of the character of Wonder Woman for DC Comics in 1941.
Rebecca Hall, Luke Evans, and Bella Heathcote – Image credit: Annapurna Pictures
Luke Evans as Professor Marston is very charming and sexy in this film. But the movie is more about the two women in his life, they love they feel for each other and him.
Rebecca Hall is the perfect actress to play strong, neurotic and brilliant Professor Elizabeth Holloway Marston. She was the real inspiration for Wonder Woman’s personality. She loves her husband beyond the charming looks and values his intelligence and his values. She is very open for a woman in the 1920s and is willing to accept a lesbian relationship alongside marriage.
London Mums’ rating: 8/10
Professor Marston & The Wonder Women is at cinemas on 10 November 2017.
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