Review of Flash of Genius (2008) by Eva R — 24 Jul 2009

Flash of Genius was just.. lacking something. Or everything. Too many time skips, poor production values, a somewhat confusing storyline (unless you're already familiar with Robert Kearns's tale), and just plain bad directing.

I don't necessarily think we had a poor concept here (albeit an overdone one), just poor planning and execution. A lone bright spot was Grey Kinnear, who I thought was excellent. And you had to come away admiring his character's courage, someone who gave up everything to do what was right, more than I think we can say for most of us.

If there were more people like Robert Kearns on this planet, people like Robert Kearns wouldn't need to exist in the first place.