'Radioactive' revisits the life and times of Madame Curie—Rosamund Pike does wonders with the Nobel-winning scientist, says Peter Travers. When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. Rosamund Pike remains magnetic throughout, however, as the brilliant, two-time Nobel Prize-winning physicist and chemist. “Radioactive” gives her plenty of room to be feisty and no-nonsense, fragile and impulsive. Despite the talent involved, and the incredible subject matter, the irritating tendency to overexplain means there's very little spark to be found in the enervating "Radioactive.". Working from a script that Jack Thorne (The Aeronauts) and drawing from Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie: A Tale of Love and Fallout by fellow writer-artist Lauren Redniss, Satrapi whizzes around from present to future to show the major benefits of isolating radioactive isotopes to treat cancer. “Radioactive” gets better in its second half when Curie is forced to face dark, prickly emotions and find a new identity on her own as both a professor and the mother to a budding scientist (Anya Taylor-Joy in a too-brief performance as Irene Joliot-Curie, who won her own Nobel Prize for chemistry in 1935). Though well-filmed and well-acted, Radioactive careens from predictable to the borderline bizarre, and never finds solid footing in either world. |, October 12, 2020 She's also on Twitter @christylemire and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/christy.lemire2. and to receive email from Rotten Tomatoes and Fandango.

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‘Good at the abrupt and maladroit side of Marie Curie’ ... Rosamund Pike in Radioactive. Still, “Radioactive” is consistently gorgeous to look at, the work of the great Anthony Dod Mantle, Danny Boyle’s usual cinematographer and an Oscar-winner for “Slumdog Millionaire.” Bold beams of white light stream into the Curies’ laboratory, providing a dramatic vibe to what could have been dry material. 'Midnight in Paris' Review: A Prom Night Doc to Remember, Steve Perry: ‘My Heart Bleeds Daily to Be in Front of People And to Sing for Them’, Tekashi 6ix9ine Transforms Into a ‘Supervillain’ in New Teaser for Showtime, ‘Rolling Stone’ Doc, The Best Home Speakers for Room-Filling Sound, How to Watch UFC 254 Online: Live Stream Khabib vs. Gaethje on ESPN+, Jay-Z Details New Cannabis Brand ‘Monogram’, ‘Tenet’ Review: Christopher Nolan’s Knockout Arrives Right on Time, ‘Bill & Ted Face the Music’ Review: Third Time’s a Most Excellent Charm, ‘Personal History of David Copperfield’ Review: Dickens, Served with a Side of Absurdity.

Pike is great in everything and has demonstrated dazzling range, from “An Education” to “Gone Girl,” and she’s more than capable of convincing us as Curie that she’s the smartest person in the room at all times—male or female.