Good biopics tell you story of someone's life, great ones often pull out insights which give you cause for self-reflection. Satrapi's take on radioactivity discoverer and Nobel prize winner Marie Curie doesn't quite fall into the great category, but it is an absorbing if science lite watch.Told in primarily in flash back but punctuated by fever dream like excursions into the future to see the consequences of her discoveries and always giving a Grimshaw like feel to turn of the 20th century Paris - it never looks less than wonderful. I was also really taken by the soundtrack which felt distinctly Vangelis-like at times.
Pike and Riley give solid performances as the couple Curie. They are only slightly hampered by a rather declamatory script. But one senses that the pair might well have been like in real life - awkward and brilliant, but ultimately enviable soul mates.
Overall: Satisfying biopic
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