Review of Professor Marston and the Wonder Women (2017) by Eric R — 22 Jun 2018

3/5 Stars.

This is a complex movie to review as it is telling a story but there is debate about whether that story is true or not -- and that story itself is pretty complex and controversial. I didn't know any of this going into the movie and, only after, did I spend some time trying to learn more.

Taken on its face, the movie is an interesting story of the creation of Wonder Woman. There is so much I had no idea about. The fact that her creator was the inventor of the lie detector (think of her lasso). The fact that her creator is the inventor of the DiSC theory and that Wonder Woman was his way of talking to the world about DiSC theory (mind blown!). And the idea that Wonder Woman was based on/inspired by his wife and his lover. Or that Wonder Woman was banned and the comic books burned for their content. All of that was interesting and new.

But the movie is dominated by the (purported) relationship between the three main characters.

And what is tricky is there is no evidence of first source material to support most of the movie. So, much of this is the director's creation of what she imagines happened.

In the end, I found the story interesting, but I also left wondering how much of it was true vs. imagined.

Note: The movie deals with some sexual topics in somewhat graphic detail. Folks who might consider themselves more conservative here might not be comfortable with the movie.