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65% Critic Match
Genius
“Max Perkins discovered Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald. But he never met anyone like Thomas Wolfe.”
6.5 / 10• 2016• 1h 44m•PG-13• English
HistoryDrama
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Colin Firth
Max Perkins
Lead
Jude Law
Thomas Wolfe
Nicole Kidman
Aline Bernstein
Laura Linney
Louise Saunders
Guy Pearce
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Dominic West
Ernest Hemingway
Vanessa Kirby
Zelda Fitzgerald
Demetri Goritsas
John Wheelock
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Michael Grandage's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Genius is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
