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By J. R. Jones (1,337) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 15 Jun 2016

Good editors strive to make themselves invisible, which is what makes this affectionate biopic of Maxwell Perkins-who guided Hemingway, Fitzgerald,…

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By Moira Macdonald (1,892) for Seattle Times (3,524) on 15 Jun 2016

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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By Scott Marks (172) for San Diego Reader (713) on 15 Jun 2016

It's only outside the workplace, on the streets of New York ca…

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By Colin Covert (1,936) for Minneapolis Star Tribune (2,416) on 15 Jun 2016

It ultimately leaves you cold, empty and aware of why stories about literary life make uninteresting movies…

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By Bill Goodykoontz (2,123) for Arizona Republic (3,909) on 15 Jun 2016

If you’re a literature junkie, and I cringe at typing the phrase because it sounds so quaint in a world of 140-character expressions of self,…

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By Cameron Meier (130) for Orlando Weekly (1,048) on 15 Jun 2016

Perhaps the strength of the film - and the chief reason I'm recommending it - is that it challenges us to define genius for ourselves…

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By Liz Braun (961) for Toronto Sun (419) on 15 Jun 2016

It's not bad, Genius, but it could have been great, and that's the disappointment…

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By Collin H (30) on 14 Jun 2016

At the very least, this made me want to investigate the writings of Thomas Wolfe. The passages from his book, read aloud, were pure poetry…

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By Susan G. Cole (137) for NOW Toronto (1,621) on 14 Jun 2016

Law's performance is so big -- snake-like movements, a broad Southern drawl -- you'd think he was doing a solo stage show…

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By Ken Eisner (445) for Georgia Straight (1,078) on 14 Jun 2016

Is it ironic or merely inevitable that a film about the challenges of editing great writers should emerge still needing more passes in the…

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By Joanna Scutts (1) for The New Republic (897) on 13 Jun 2016

The film struggles mightily to dramatize the work of reading, writing, and editing, with loud scratches of red pencil on paper…

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By David Fear (910) for Rolling Stone (4,035) on 13 Jun 2016

This is something that rhymes with 'blatant Shmoscarbait,' pure and simple, and it will get worse before it gets better…

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By Dominick Suzanne-Mayer (260) for Consequence of Sound (1,431) on 12 Jun 2016

Genius goes and breaks one of the key tenets of the editorial process: it makes assumptions early and often, largely about how consequential…

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By Mary C (314) on 12 Jun 2016

My father is an editor so I really liked. It shows the creative process that involves producing good literature…

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By Dominick Mayer (133) for Consequence of Sound (1,431) on 12 Jun 2016

Genius goes and breaks one of the key tenets of the editorial process: it makes assumptions early and often, largely about how consequential…

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By Richard Brody (868) for New Yorker (1,403) on 12 Jun 2016

John Logan's script is a jigsaw puzzle of clichés, and Michael Grandage's direction is antiseptic, but a few moments…

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By Bonnie V (4) on 11 Jun 2016

Possibly the most inaccurate and boring film I have ever seen…

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By Ellen A (38) on 10 Jun 2016

I found this movie fascinating -- a rare glimpse into the relationship between a genius writer (who is not my cup of tea, but some of the passages…

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By Avi Offer (997) for NYC Movie Guru (997) on 10 Jun 2016

As lethargic, stilted and clunky as a bad made-for-TV movie despite strong performances by Colin Firth and Jude law…

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By Travis Hopson (923) for Examiner.com (1,617) on 10 Jun 2016

There's probably a great story about Wolfe's genius in relation to his apparent madness, but Genius has edited it all out…

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