Genius

Wolfe’s prodigious gifts notwithstanding, there’s no doubt to whom the title of “Genius” refers, in a film that proves its case with the taste, restraint and fundamental decency of the man himself.

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Genius makes the old-fashioned fresh again, at least for awhile.

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The film has not fared well with critics, possibly because critics are used to being edited and thus are not inclined to think of editors as heroic.

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The movie—dutifully shot in shades of old-timey sepia—does get better as its staginess falls away, but far too much drama stays on the page.

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I wish I could love Genius. It's so thrilling when it clicks. But I can't get past its faults.

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Colin Firth, Jude Law more average than brilliant.

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You wish Perkins would have shown up with his red pencil during the screenwriting stage, when he might have done some good.

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‘Genius’ Puts Max Perkins and Thomas Wolfe in a Literary Bromance

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Jude Law gives the worst performance of his career in ‘Genius’

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