"The Professor and the Madman" is a Biography - Drama movie in which we watch the story of the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary. It started in the mid 19th century from Professor James Murray who received help (10,000 entries) from Dr. William Minor who was a patient at Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum.
I liked this movie because it had a very interesting story which is based in true events. The interpretations of both Sean Penn who played as Dr. William Chester Minor and Mel Gibson who played as Professor James Murray were exceptional. I also have to say that the interpretations of Jennifer Ehle's who played as Ada Murray and Natalie Dormer's who played as Eliza Merrett were equally good. Regarding the direction which was made by Farhad Safinia, I believe that he did a good job on it and he presented very well the stereotypes of that time, the difficulties of life on that time and how high society was influencing people and their opinion. I recommend everyone to watch this movie because except of the nice way of presenting those time in England, it's a good way of learning how the first Oxford English dictionary was created and of course the story behind it.
I liked this movie because it had a very interesting story which is based in true events. The interpretations of both Sean Penn who played as Dr. William Chester Minor and Mel Gibson who played as Professor James Murray were exceptional. I also have to say that the interpretations of Jennifer Ehle's who played as Ada Murray and Natalie Dormer's who played as Eliza Merrett were equally good. Regarding the direction which was made by Farhad Safinia, I believe that he did a good job on it and he presented very well the stereotypes of that time, the difficulties of life on that time and how high society was influencing people and their opinion. I recommend everyone to watch this movie because except of the nice way of presenting those time in England, it's a good way of learning how the first Oxford English dictionary was created and of course the story behind it.