Genius
Max Perkins discovered Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald. But he never met anyone like Thomas Wolfe.
Max Perkins discovered Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald. But ...
Drama, History
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2016
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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.
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Runtime:
104 min
Release date:
10 Jun 2016
Country:
GB, US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$5,681,622
Awards:
1 win & 6 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
Not nearly as smart as it should be.
– Marsha Lederman,
Globe and Mail,
17 Jun 2016
fresh:
"Genius" deals with the creative ego, its trappings and the need everyone has for an editor.
– Adam Graham,
Detroit News,
17 Jun 2016
rotten:
Well-written, gorgeously shot, and expertly edited, the film is also an exasperating exercise in good intentions gone wrong.
– Tirdad Derakhshani,
Philadelphia Inquirer,
17 Jun 2016
fresh:
Perhaps the best advertisement for Genius -- not only did it make me want to revisit Berg's book, it had me lining up the Wolfe, Fitzgerald and Hemingway on the e-book runway.
– Richard Roeper,
Chicago Sun-Times,
16 Jun 2016
rotten:
Firth and Law falter with their characters' awkward bromance: the former a fatherly cipher (will he ever take off that fedora?); the latter a clatter of drunken scribe cliches.
– Peter Howell,
Toronto Star,
16 Jun 2016