Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

Clever, believable, and super fun to watch. It totally has replay value.

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

The movie really just wants to entertain people.

Typical comic book artists would purely utilise their imagination to create fictional worlds and leading superheroes. William Marston was slightly different, in the fact he incorporated his own personal life into the character of Wonder Woman. He amalgamated the best qualities from the women he loved most to create the perfect liberal Amazonian princess. The biopic explores the invention of the lie detector, with his wife Elizabeth, and the engagement of a polyamorous relationship with research assistant Olive. I can't quite overstate how much there is to digest in this glorious biopic. Robinson's direction was nearly flawless. Aside from a few rushed scenes towards the end, every single plot point was a building block in conceptualising Wonder Woman. Her Lasso of Truth symbolising their lie detecting invention. Her gauntlets inspired by Olive's silver bracelets. The symbology behind Wonder Woman consisting of liberalism, feminism and virtuosity. Her comic strips depicting Marston's DISC theory which had the possibility of being viewed as fetish art, with some accusing him of featuring sadomasochism and lesbianism. So much content in less than two hours! Yet every fragment of its runtime felt pivotal. But it's not just a wondrous biopic, it's a love story. An unconventional relationship that shared the perspective of normality. Both the conflict and adoration they each shared with each other was extraordinary, delicately illustrated onscreen. Again, highlighting his DISC theory within his own life. Each of the leading stars were exceptional, but Hall was mesmerising as the most conflicted character. Even the inclusion of an American/British twang in her pronunciation accentuates the details in her performance. Simply exquisite. The lighting was also noteworthy, particularly a scene where Olive wears the prototype costume in the lingerie shop. Suffice to say, I absolutely adored this biopic. Female empowerment through history, what a wondrous sight to behold.

Near the end of the film Marston writes "SUBMISSION" on the board. When he underlines it, the "O" is in different writing.

Angela Robinson has offered a sweet and fascinating movie based (very) loosely on the creator of the Wonder Woman comic book. Evans, Hall and Heathcote offer complex and flawed characters tied in a three-way romance. Their decision to live a polyamorous lifestyle causes scandal, job losses and a fistfight. It rather brings to mind "Big Love," except that the women are depicted as lovers rather than as sister wives. Robinson offers scene after scene of beautifully-crafted visuals backed by instrumental music. She has a patience in her story-telling that really worked for me. The story imagines the many inspirations that came together to form the Wonder Woman mythos. The oddest thing about the movie is that it supports Fredric Wertham's central claims in Seduction of the Innocent, a notorious 1954 book that nearly destroyed the comic book industry. In Robinson's telling, the Wonder Woman comic *was* filled with sexual imagery designed to manipulate the minds of America's young people. This may not be everyone's cup of tea, but I really enjoyed the film.

I watched this movie at home on DVD from our public library. While it is "based" on a true story there is a large part of it fabricated by the writer/director as her interpretation of what might have happened among the family.It starts in the 1920s, Luke Evans is Professor of Psychology William Marston. Rebecca Hall portrays his wife, Elizabeth Marston. He has a student, a pretty young girl of 22, that starts to work for them, she is Bella Heathcote as Olive Byrne.Much of the story has Professor Marston inventing the lie detector which isn't really accurate, he invented the blood pressure cuff. But this story portrays them using a lie detector as a vehicle to get to the truth of their complicated relationships.They are portrayed as a family of three, not just a man with two female lovers, but also two females with female lovers. Together they had several children. It is presented that Wonder Woman was inspired by his two women and that he wanted to give young girls a role model that would help them realize they had options and powers also.Regardless of the truth presented in the movie it is factual that after Marston died relatively young the two women remained together until Olive died. So there was something there. Altogether a very well-made movie and regardless of the actual relationships Marston really did invent Wonder Woman and the comic books featuring her.