Radioactive (2019)

Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination

Trivia
The film is based on the graphic novel ''Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie: A Tale of Love and Fallout'' by Lauren Redniss. This is director Marjane Satrapi's first film based on a graphic novel that she didn't write. Two of her films, "Persepolis" and "Chicken with Plums," are based on graphic novels written solely by Satrapi.

Goofs
Eve Curie was born Dec. 6, 1904. The Curies won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1903, as shown. But Eve is shown to be born before they are even nominated.

Quotes
[last lines]
Pierre Curie: You changed the world.
Marie Curie: In the right way?
Pierre Curie: I'd rather be someone that hopes the world full of light than fears for the darkness out there, wouldn't you?
Marie Curie: But I...
Pierre Curie: You threw a stone in the water. The ripples, you can't control. There are things to be scared of, but there's so much to celebrate.
Marie Curie: I hope you're right. I hope you're right.
[they kiss]

Connections
Featured in Projector: Radioactive (2020)

Soundtracks
Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 'Moonlight' III. Presto agitato
Written by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performed by Jenõ Jandó
Courtesy of Naxos

Poorly written, badly directed and underwhelming

The most accurate thing I can say about this movie is that I watched it... then went searching for the real story. This excessive dramatization I am sure does little to present the true story.

Unlike many here I did not mind the reference to Hiroshima and Chernobyl. Although these happened long after Curie died and had no effect on her career, they were reminders of an important fact: science can be used in a beneficial manner, or in a questionable and disastrous manner. These things had nothing to do with Curie herself, but were cautionary references that I found pertinent to the concept that discovery always bears consequence.

As for Curie herself, at the end of this flick I felt I knew no more about her than when I started watching. The story dramatizes her personal life and excessively focuses on personal relationships while leaving out far too much of her science and actual career accomplishments. That is certainly no credit to the production and earns it a "mediocre" 5 stars.