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Released Year: 2016
Runtime: 104 minutes
Directors: Michael Grandage
Casts: Jude Law, Dominic West, Nicole Kidman, Demetri Goritsas, Corey Johnson, Guy Pearce, Colin Firth, Laura Linney, Miquel Brown, Vanessa Kirby, Elaine Caulfield, Harry Attwell, Angela Ashton, Eve Bracken, Gillian Hanna, Rosy Benjamin, Richard Dempsey
IMDB: Genius (2016)
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(5 votes, average: 3.20 out of 5)
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Observer -
Colin Firth is brilliant as the patient, uncompromising and introspective Max Perkins, and the explosive performance by Jude Law as the wild, unpredictable and tragic Thomas Wolfe is one of the greatest triumphs of his career. I was spellbound.
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The Playlist -
Your mileage will vary on Genius, depending on where you place Law’s performance on the irritating/entertaining spectrum and your tolerance for somewhat formulaic tales of creative ego and “The Price of Fame.”
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Washington Post -
Genius may be a bit stodgy and safe, but it tells a story of beauty — as it plays out in an improbably fruitful friendship, and as it’s discovered within vast expanses of raw language by a craftsman who was arguably an artist in his own right.
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Slant Magazine -
It makes a convincing argument for viewing Thomas Wolfe's work as a product of the excess and exuberance of the 1920s.
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San Francisco Chronicle -
For those interested in this rich period in American literature, it’s a treat.
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Genius (2016)
New York in the 1920s. Max Perkins, literary editor at Scribner’s Sons 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 named Thomas Wolfe falls into his hands, Perkins is convinced he has discovered a literary genius. Together the two men set out to work on a version for publication and a seemingly endless struggle over every single phrase ensues. During this process, Perkins the gentle family man and Wolfe the eccentric author become close – a relationship eyed with suspicion by their wives. When ‘Look Homeward, Angel’ becomes a resounding success, the writer grows increasingly paranoid.
Genius (2016)
(5 votes, average: 3.20 out of 5)Loading...
Information
Released Year: 2016
Runtime: 104 minutes
Directors: Michael Grandage
Casts: Jude Law, Dominic West, Nicole Kidman, Demetri Goritsas, Corey Johnson, Guy Pearce, Colin Firth, Laura Linney, Miquel Brown, Vanessa Kirby, Elaine Caulfield, Harry Attwell, Angela Ashton, Eve Bracken, Gillian Hanna, Rosy Benjamin, Richard Dempsey
IMDB: Genius (2016)
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New York in the 1920s. Max Perkins, literary editor at Scribner’s Sons 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 named Thomas Wolfe falls into his hands, Perkins is convinced he has discovered a literary genius. Together the two men set out to work on a version for publication and a seemingly endless struggle over every single phrase ensues. During this process, Perkins the gentle family man and Wolfe the eccentric author become close – a relationship eyed with suspicion by their wives. When ‘Look Homeward, Angel’ becomes a resounding success, the writer grows increasingly paranoid.
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Reviews
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Observer -
Colin Firth is brilliant as the patient, uncompromising and introspective Max Perkins, and the explosive performance by Jude Law as the wild, unpredictable and tragic Thomas Wolfe is one of the greatest triumphs of his career. I was spellbound.
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The Playlist -
Your mileage will vary on Genius, depending on where you place Law’s performance on the irritating/entertaining spectrum and your tolerance for somewhat formulaic tales of creative ego and “The Price of Fame.”
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Washington Post -
Genius may be a bit stodgy and safe, but it tells a story of beauty — as it plays out in an improbably fruitful friendship, and as it’s discovered within vast expanses of raw language by a craftsman who was arguably an artist in his own right.
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Slant Magazine -
It makes a convincing argument for viewing Thomas Wolfe's work as a product of the excess and exuberance of the 1920s.
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San Francisco Chronicle -
For those interested in this rich period in American literature, it’s a treat.
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