SummaryThe incredible, true story of Marie Curie (Rosamund Pike) and her ground-breaking scientific achievements. In Paris, 1893, Marie meets fellow scientist Pierre Curie (Sam Riley). The pair go on to marry, raise two daughters and change the face of science forever by jointly winning the Nobel Prize for the discovery of radium in 1903. Marie Curie wa... Read More
Directed By:Marjane Satrapi
Written By:Jack Thorne, Lauren Redniss
Radioactive
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45% Positive
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Nov 23, 2019
84
Life, death, science, mysticism, love and hate blend together to reveal depths of an internationally renowned genius. Deeply personal, sometimes tipping into the experimental, Radioactive is like no biographical feature I’ve ever seen.
Jul 22, 2020
70
A flawed movie with life in its veins is better than a pristine one that’s dead on arrival. Satrapi made her name with the autobiographical comic book Persepolis, which she later adapted into a marvelous animated film. She brings an animator’s touch to Radioactive, an often fanciful-looking picture that nevertheless holds tight to its dignity.
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Apr 18, 2021
7
Se nos narra la vida Marie Curie; la trama está bien y la actuación de Rosamund Pike es buena; la recomiendo.
Jul 24, 2020
7
(Mauro Lanari)
"Stale, rushed and lacking any insightful emotional depth, 'Radioactive' is a dull watch throughout, failing in its attempt to capture both the significance of Curie's discoveries and her own personal struggles". When I read similar reviews I wonder if I've watched the same movie. The non-linear diegetic structure is decisive for communicating the sense of incalculable chaos in the consequences of every activity, human and non-human, scientific or not.
Sep 10, 2019
67
As directed by Marjane Satrapi, this discursive biopic struggles whenever it cuts away from her drama to explore the bigger picture — with peculiar flash-forwards to a nuclear future — but Pike helps fuse it together.
Jun 15, 2020
60
The movie partly follows the classic period-biopic template with the story extending in flashback from Marie being wheeled into hospital with her final illness. But the narrative is more unusual and ambitious – with its stylised flashforward sequences showing the consequences of Marie’s discovery, occurring like dream-premonitions.
Jul 24, 2020
50
This is a movie that shows the Curies’ work changing the world, but then has Marie say, “I can feel our work … changing the world.”
Jul 20, 2020
50
Marjane Satrapi’s film could have benefited from the tangy humor and cynicism of her graphic novels.
Sep 10, 2019
20
The admiration for a woman who knew so much about so much clashes with the unspoken assumption that the audience knows absolutely nothing about anything.
Jul 25, 2020
6
Rosamund Pike plays famed scientist Marie Curie in this tolerably traditional biopic. There are a few flash forwards to show relevant results of her research, but they don't really add much to the drama. The narrative starts with her struggles to be recognized by other scientist, until she meets Mr. Curie and they partner in the lab and life. All of the highlights of her career are covered, including both Nobel Prizes and her disastrous love affair. Even though this film feels comprehensive and the performances are decent, it doesn't have much emotional heft and sometimes wanders unexplainably off course. Anyone interested in Curie's story may be rewarded with a solid biopic, but don't expect much additional insight.
Nov 12, 2024
5
An average biopic that doesn't focus enough on the remarkable facets of Marie Curie's notable life.
Nov 15, 2020
5
Even with a low profile, Rosamund Pike offers another solid performance that well deserves to be the main reason to enjoy this film, even though it'a a failed film.
One that will hardly leave indie circles so that more moviegoers can appreciate it.
Apr 18, 2021
3
I really don't get what 'Radioactive' was trying to do here. Is this a biopic? A commentary on xenophobia? A romance story? A cautionary tale about the use of radioactivity? It seems like Jack Thorne's screenplay wanted to cover a lot of ground in under two hours. Although Rosamund Pike's acting is not that bad, the clunky dialogue and so many awkward situations don't favor her and her character. It's kind of weird when she's talking to her daughters like they're her colleagues. And what was all that about those flashback and flashforward scenes? I mean, I get the parallel between her work and the future consequences, but it feels like the movie is trying to "open our eyes" to situations that have concerned the whole world for ages.
Jul 25, 2020
3
Rosamund Pike is miscast, she tries too hard. The whole production would have worked without her strident portrayal of Marie Curie. Painful.
Production Company:
- StudioCanal
- Working Title Films
- Amazon Studios
- Huayi Brothers Media
- Pioneer Stillking Films
- Shoebox Films
- StudioCanal International
- Videoassist.hu
Release Date:Jul 24, 2020
Duration:1 h 49 m
Rating:PG-13
Tagline:Pioneer. Genius. Rebel.
Awards
Barcelona-Sant Jordi International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Women Film Critics Circle Awards
• 1 Nomination
