Radioactive (2019)

This is an oddly disappointing movie. I love Rosamund Pike, who portrays the amazing Marie Curie, but the movie doesn't do her or the subject justice. Marie Curie was a trailblazing scientist, both because of what she discovered and studied, but also because she endured crushing misogyny that undoubtedly hampered her efforts. Pierre Curie recognized her genius, and saw that between them they could make great strides in the field of radioactivity, and their marriage and scientific partnership worked well. He died reasonable young, soon after their Nobel prize was awarded, and she continued her work without him. She went on the discover uses for raditaion, both in the form of x-rays and as a treatment for cancer. She herself was poisoned by it, but did get to see it put to practical use--she developed portable x-ray mobiles to help better characterize the extent of the injuries in soldiers wounded in WWI in an attempt to prevent amputations. So the story is spectacular, but the execution is lacking. The other thing I learned is that her daughter joined forces with her husband and they too won a Nobel prize together, furthing the work of the parents.