This profile of Marie Curie (Rosamund Pike), the first woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize for physics, sometimes trips over its own earnestness. But attentive viewers can and will learn about matters far beyond the rampant sexism Curie faced as a Paris scientist in the 1890s.
Written by Jack Thorne from a fact-based graphic novel by Lauren Redniss and directed by Marjane Satrapi, the film intersperses Curie’s discovery of two radioactive elements with scenes of their later applications in war and medicine and recounts her romance with husband Pierre (Sam Riley).
The educational subject makes it potentially appropriate for mature adolescents.
Scenes of violence without gore, fleeting rear female nudity in a nonsexual context, brief marital sensuality, mature themes. The Catholic News Service classification is A-III — adults. The Motion Picture Association rating is PG-13 — parents strongly cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. From Catholic News Service