Genius

June. 10,2016      PG-13
Rating:
6.5
Trailer Synopsis Cast

New York in the 1920s. Max Perkins, a literary editor is the first to sign such subsequent literary greats as Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald. When a sprawling, chaotic 1,000-page manuscript by an unknown writer falls into his hands, Perkins is convinced he has discovered a literary genius.

Colin Firth as  Max Perkins
Jude Law as  Thomas Wolfe
Nicole Kidman as  Aline Bernstein
Laura Linney as  Louise Saunders
Guy Pearce as  F. Scott Fitzgerald
Dominic West as  Ernest Hemingway
Vanessa Kirby as  Zelda Fitzgerald
Demetri Goritsas as  John Wheelock
Angela Ashton as  Bertha Perkins
Gillian Hanna as  Julia Wolfe

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Reviews

Beanbioca
2016/06/10

As Good As It Gets

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Intcatinfo
2016/06/11

A Masterpiece!

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Fairaher
2016/06/12

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

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Kamila Bell
2016/06/13

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

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HotToastyRag
2016/06/14

With an incredible cast of Colin Firth, Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Guy Pearce, Laura Linney, and Dominic West, be prepared for some wonderful acting in Genius. It's a movie about the real-life editor Max Perkins who worked with famous authors, but while a few scenes touch on his relationships with F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway, the majority of the film is devoted to his work with Thomas Wolfe.While there is a lot to appreciate in this movie, namely Colin Firth's emotion and Jude Law's energy, I couldn't ignore the overall feel that John Logan's script didn't quite know what direction it wanted to take. Since the film is about a very wordy writer and the quest to cut down his manuscript before publication, perhaps Logan purposely wrote his script with that tone, so that the screenplay mirrored the plot's difficulty. If it was done on purpose, it was very clever and well done. If it wasn't, then the storyline coincidentally explores many different avenues without taking the time to fully finish or flesh out any of them.There's a particular scene that I remember most vividly: Colin and Jude and working to cut down his manuscript, and a passage is read aloud about the protagonist falling in love at first sight. He describes the woman's appearance, and it's so beautifully poetic, I was almost moved to tears. At the end of the scene, Jude agrees to cut the entire description, leaving only, "Eugene saw a woman. Her eyes were blue. So quickly did he fall for her that no one in the room even heard the sound." After hearing the original prose, I was so disappointed! The scene was supposed to illustrate the fantastic working relationship between the two, and to show what a great editor Colin is, but I would have rather seen Jude's works published in its entirety, split into many volumes. The loss of such beautiful words made me lose my appetite for the rest of the film.If you're a sucker for 1930s period pieces and love the cast, you'll probably be entertained by Genius. It's not a film I want to watch again, but I do like to appreciate good acting. Although, Jude Law's over-the-top accent made me think he was faking his identity and was somehow trying to scam Colin Firth. And Guy Pearce's depressive portrayal of F. Scott Fitzgerald isn't at all how the author's fans would like to remember him, but there's always Midnight in Paris for a more likable, upbeat interpretation.

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Michael Ledo
2016/06/15

This is a biopic of the relationship of editor Maxwell Evarts Perkins (Colin Firth) and his newly discovered genius author Thomas Wolfe (Jude Law) who has self destructive tendencies that disrupts the lives of those he touches. We meet his girlfriend Aline Bernstein (Nicole Kidman) who has given up her family for his genius. F. Scott Fitzgerald (Guy Pearce) is in his waning years, caring for Zelda (Vanessa Kirby) the topic for a different biopic tragedy.The film was well acted as one might guess from all the A listers. The problem I had was, like my life, it pretty much goes no where. We can discuss various themes such as Wolfe's search for a father, but any real theme eluded me, and the film really needed something to define its purpose more openly.Guide: No F-words, sex, or nudity.

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ElliesWonder
2016/06/16

A beautiful biography story, but definitely not a popular movie, it is a niche to those literary lovers. Personally, I am not very deep into literature and history, besides I am not a native English speaker, therefore I am difficult to resonate with those passions from these master writers' great works. However this movie has a great drama, clear storyline tells us a real-life story of a great man, the editor of genius - Max Perkins.I liked his words in the fight between Max and Tom, Max was so mature, and although Tom, Thomas Wolfe was a master writer, yet he was just a loser in his life, so unreliable and unresponsive. It would be a pain if you have such friend in real life. This friendship must be truly remarkable between both of them, unfortunately, Tom didn't cherish because things are too easy to get for him.Anyway, success is not only for those talented, but it is also to the one who insists and being responsible. I can't agree with Max no more, and Max Perkins is a real man, the real winner of his life.

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yjudith
2016/06/17

This movie was based on a book called Max Perkins: Editor of Genius. I didn't know this until after I was done with the movie, but had thought it was supposed to be about Perkins, but the character of Wolfe becomes so big that it quickly overshadows his editor. I find this very disheartening being as much of what made Wolfe so big were based on lies. Much of the movie is filled with exaggerations and out-n-out untruths. Until about half-way through the movie I wasn't really enjoying it; I found it slow and actually quite boring. The character of Wolfe, at first, kept me watching until I came to absolutely loathe him and it was at that point when I fully realized why I wasn't enjoying this movie. I hated Wolfe! Once that occurred and I was able to focus on Perkins the movie turned a corner for me and I was able to sit back and enjoy it. Oh, and the only time I really liked Wolfe was at the end when he wrote Perkins that lovely letter. To awake from a coma and ask for a pencil to write to someone and to hear it read at the end of the movie was very moving to me. I actually cried!! To find out later that isn't what happened, that Wolfe never regained consciousness, that he wrote it while in the hospital with pneumonia, infuriated me!! It was one of few things I liked about him and it didn't happen. Jude Law was wonderful, as usual. I can't remember a movie that he was in that I didn't like. Collin Firth, amazing. Absolutely loved him in The King's Speech, so it was nice to see him in a movie again. And, of course I LOVED Nicole Kidman. It is my opinion that the actors in this movie were drowned out by the writing and the film itself!

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