✗ SKIP — Not worth it
The Professor and the Madman
2019 · 2h 4m · History, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Skip it. Despite the intriguing premise of two brilliant minds separated by bars, this 2019 Mel Gibson vehicle plays it disappointingly safe and conventional—it's the kind of respectable period drama that asks nothing of you and leaves no impression. You'll forget it by breakfast.
Plot
Professor James Murray begins work compiling words for the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary in the mid 19th century, and receives over 10,000 entries from a patient at Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Dr. William Minor.
Director: Farhad Safinia
Cast: Mel Gibson, Sean Penn, Natalie Dormer, Eddie Marsan, Jennifer Ehle
