Genius (2016)

Wonderful character development!

Truly Dreadful Film

Highly Overrated But Still Good

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

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A bunch of great actors portraying a bunch of great writers (plus a publicist, though that would be an understatement for the role he played). As you can imagine the acting is superb, male and female talent have a lot to bite and chew off with their roles. The dialog is great and I was surprised this didn't do better or was promoted better (at least in Germany).Then again it's not an easy watch, what with lots of dialog and drama. But the tension it builds (especially concerning the relationships of the characters within) is really great. Flaws are here to be exposed and the actors cherish them, playing them perfectly. It's a period piece and therefor may interest some people more than others. But if you like good drama, you could do worse

At first you think that the movie's title comes from the bombastically exuberant Thomas Wolfe, the writer who couldn't stop talking ans writing and living at his fullest, but in truth he is just another histrionic wild man who needs the straight man to keep him on the path.Great performances from all involved. Jude Law was perfect for the role. It is almost unimaginable to think that Michael Fassbender was the first choice for the film. Colin Firth was Colin Firth and Nicole Kidman played very well a tragicomic character, the person who lives at the feet of greatness, feasting on someone else's brilliance.The structure of the film was a bit formulaic, a dramatic cliché of men focused on their work while their women nag and wail, but as far as I know it may very well have been the case. It's one of those movies about crazy writers that makes you want to write yourself and to question your comfortable yet bland life.

A chronicle of Max Perkins's time as the book editor at Scribner, where he oversaw works by Thomas Wolfe, Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald and others. Although Genius has some pretty great performances by an all star cast it suffers from a very thin script i found myself bored most of the time and even when tragic things happened i really did not feel any kind of connection with any of the characters but for people who like this kind of movies i think that they won't be disappointed but for the rest of the worldwide audience this will be a beautiful looking movie with good performances that simply doesn't do much or say much and i'm gonna give it an 5.5/10