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The story of the Promethean struggles of Nikola Tesla, as he attempts to transcend entrenched technology—including his own previous work—by pioneering a system of wireless energy that would change the world.
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Lucy Walters, Lois Smith, Peter Greene, Josh Hamilton, Dan Bittner, Ethan Hawke, Jim Gaffigan, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Rebecca Dayan, George Aloi, Vincent De Paul, Kyle MacLachlan, James Urbaniak, Eve Hewson, Donnie Keshawarz, David Kallaway, John Palladino, Tom Farrell, Karl Geary, Blake DeLong, Gary Ayash, Rick Zahn, Hannah Gross, Michael Mastro, Christian Hicks, Eli Smith, Nicholas Wuehrmann, Haley Elise Pehrson, Tony Hutaj, Corban Elwick-Schermitz, Emory Gleeson, Ian Lithgow, Emma Clare O'Connor, Gary Rissman, Steven Gurewitz, Tallulah McRae Silovsky, Hermione Heckrich, Thomas Roma, Jameal Ali, David Weinberg, Paul Saltzberg, Joshuah Melnick, Charles Baran, David Kubicka, Carl Bernzweig
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100
Both here and in the real world, Tesla is more legend than man, and we can only ever really comprehend him through that warped lens. Almereyda understands this fundamental hurdle in the biopic formula, and leans into it with refreshing candor.
80
The degree to which the Tesla story syncs with Almereyda's abiding fascinations is clear in every frame of this contemplative, questioning, soulfully philosophical film.
75
The messy creativity on display is something to admire.
75
If Almereyda fails to pierce the inventor’s skin and expose his circuity, his gauzy film nevertheless has fun exploring the idea that we’re all wired differently.
70
It can be a challenge to get on this movie’s frequency, but the strange signals Tesla emits are nonetheless fascinating.
