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Smart characters don't always mean smart movies, and The Genius Club is no exception.
Justin Chang, Variety
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The Genius Club
Overview
What if you had one night to solve the world’s problems? For seven geniuses, they have no choice. A terrorist culls together a scientist, a seminary student, a pro baseball player, a professor, a casino owner, a painter, and a pizza delivery guy to attempt to solve the world’s problems in one night.
Director and cast
- Timothy A. Chey Director
- Carol Abney as Julia Endersol
- Stephen Baldwin as Rory Johnson
- Jacob Bonnema as Jacob Chernov
- Tricia Helfer as Ally Simon
- Philip Moon as Professor Lee
- Matt Medrano as Jose Delgado
- Jack Scalia as Mr. President
- Paula Jai Parker as Tatiana Williams
- Tom Sizemore as Armand Mehlman
- Huntley Ritter as Brian Mehlman
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
14%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Most of the movie is surprisingly effective at feeding the audience a liberal critique of capitalism, cleverly disguised as a thriller.
Luke Y. Thompson, L.A. Weekly
Rotten
The Genius Club is a stultifying, static movie about a group of people trapped in a dingy boardroom yelling at one another and their tormentor.
Tom Maurstad, Dallas Morning News
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