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By Alissa Wilkinson (499) for Christianity Today (953) on 09 Jun 2016

Alas: the film is dull as tombs, partly because it's very hard to make the work of actually writing and editing look fun or even just interesting…

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By Glenn Kenny (1,728) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 09 Jun 2016

I’m not the only one who was at least slightly taken aback, though, by a persistent quirk in the movie’s casting, which is that not one…

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By Kurt Loder (858) for Reason Online (497) on 09 Jun 2016

While Law overacts wildly, Firth is unwaveringly dull and glum and plodding, much like the movie itself…

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By Oleg Ivanov (57) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 08 Jun 2016

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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By Ella Taylor (978) for NPR (1,713) on 08 Jun 2016

Perkins' gifts are clearly on display, but the movie asks us to take Wolfe's brilliance on trust. That's a fatal weakness…

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By A.o. Scott (2,100) for The New York Times (9,847) on 08 Jun 2016

It’s dispiriting to see a movie about interesting real-life characters reduce them to clichés, making them less vivid, less fascinating,…

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By Lou Lumenick (2,103) for New York Post (6,650) on 08 Jun 2016

Jude Law gives arguably the worst performance of his career as Wolfe in Genius, the ham-fisted directing debut of noted British theater figure…

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By Alex Mclevy (31) for AV Club (2,778) on 08 Jun 2016

Screenwriter John Logan (Gladiator, Skyfall) keeps things lively, his fleet wit enlivening the formulaic nature of the story, much as he does…

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By Nell Minow (2,357) for Beliefnet (937) on 08 Jun 2016

The quiet dignity and integrity of Firth's performance is a tribute to all whose art is a life of service…

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By Donald J. Levit (489) for ReelTalk Movie Reviews (1,771) on 08 Jun 2016

Genius' scores for near monochromatic visualization of Depression era New York and New Canaan, the daring red of a woman's hat standing out…

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By Kirk Honeycutt (1,481) for honeycuttshollywood.com (375) on 08 Jun 2016

Genius represents a failed opportunity to get at the heart of the creative process…

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By Justin Chang (1,535) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 08 Jun 2016

If Genius is a failure — and by the generally unilluminating standards of most mainstream movies about the creative process, I’m not entirely…

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By Matt Prigge (853) for Metro (930) on 08 Jun 2016

Thrilling when it gets into the nitty gritty of literary editing, and thumb-twiddling when it does anything else…

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By Ann Hornaday (1,919) for Washington Post (9,851) on 08 Jun 2016

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…

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By Alex Mccown (15) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 08 Jun 2016

Genius may eventually be a little too comfortable with its own formula (unsurprising, considering its full-throated endorsement of Perkins’…

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By Kenji Fujishima (277) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 08 Jun 2016

Without fundamentally establishing such stakes, the film's attempt to dramatize the interpersonal conflict between Wolfe and Perkins remains…

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By Rex Reed (1,506) for Observer (1,042) on 07 Jun 2016

Colin Firth is brilliant as the patient, uncompromising and introspective Max Perkins, and the explosive performance by Jude Law as the wild,…

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By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 07 Jun 2016

For those interested in this rich period in American literature, it’s a treat…

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By Leah Greenblatt (734) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 06 Jun 2016

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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By Matt Donato (975) for We Got This Covered (2,391) on 05 Jun 2016

It might be an age-old story of writer vs. editor (creativity vs…

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