Review of Genius (2016) by Lyn — 12 Sep 2016

This film makes a valiant effort to portray the writer/editor relationship -- so it's starting out with a tough mission. As a longtime fan of Thomas Wolfe's work -- and one who's read voraciously about him, his editor Max Perkins and his lover Aline Bernstein -- I'm so sad that this film does none of them justice.

Great actors, obviously, but every role is horribly miscast! In particular, Aline Bernstein,love of Tom's life, was a small, dark, motherly, earthy Jewish woman, much older than he, lively and animated and passionate.

Love Nicole Kidman, but in addition to her being totally wrong physically, her part is written as a wretchedly nagging harpy who added nothing to his life. Not to take away from Perkins's editing brilliance, but this twisting of the facts is unforgivable.