Apparently a lot of these reviews were published today, in anticipation of the opening this evening. Here’s one from The New York Sun:
Pem Farnsworth, Philo’s partner in life and work, died last year at the age of 98. According to Mr. Simpson, she had become friends with Aaron Sorkin. "She was so excited that he was bringing this story to life."
That’s true. Pem met Aaron back in 1995 or there abouts. He was originally commissioned to write a screenplay based on her book, Distant Vision. We won’t go into what happened to that deal. But it’s hard to imagine her sitting comfortably through a scene where her future husband is portrayed as proposing to her while… drunk.