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May 10, 2019 · “The Professor and the Madman” is the latest fiasco in bad movie history—what was once a dream project for Mel Gibson (who acquired the rights way back in 1998), and meant to be the directorial debut for his “Apocalypto” co-writer Farhad Safinia, has now become a black eye for the two.
May 25, 2019 · ‘The Professor and the Madman’: Film Review. Farhad Safinia (as P.B. Shemran) makes his feature debut with the troubled 'The Professor and the Madman' featuring Mel Gibson and Sean Penn.
May 10, 2019 · 39% Tomatometer 33 Reviews 79% Audience Score 500+ Ratings Professor James Murray begins work on compiling words for the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary in the mid-19th century.
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Apr 12, 2019 · Film Review: Mel Gibson in ‘The Professor and the Madman’. Mel Gibson’s problem-plagued project finally gets released with an invented director’s name and a minuscule chance of earning much...
The Professor and the Madman limps out as a woefully half-baked and overcooked spectacle that mistakes reality for relevance. Full Review | Feb 21, 2020
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 41%, based on 32 reviews, with an average rating of 5.5/10. On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 27 out of 100, based on five critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".
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Director Farhad Safinia, who previously collaborated with Mel Gibson in 2006's "Apocalypto", juggles the two intersecting plotlines of a schizophrenic doctor and an Oxford professor with varying degrees of success.