Story Line
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.
“Max Perkins discovered Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald. But he never met anyone like Thomas Wolfe.”
Top Cast
Colin Firth
Max Perkins
Jude Law
Thomas Wolfe
Nicole Kidman
Aline Bernstein
Laura Linney
Louise Saunders
Guy Pearce
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Dominic West
Ernest Hemingway
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Rating
6.5/ 10
Release Date
2016-06-10
Runtime
1h 44m
Genres
HistoryDrama
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User Reviews (3)
Reno
8/10
•2/14/2017**Behind a great writer, there's a genius editor!**
I felt the title 'Genius' was not appropriate for how the story revolved in the film. It was more like a commitment and priority given to those undertaking than any other stuffs and that's why it...
tmdb28039023
6/10
•8/27/2022The genius of Genius is that, although it revolves around the publication of Thomas Wolfe’s novels Look Homeward, Angel and Of Time and the River, it’s not a film about writing but about editing; accordingly, editor Max Perkins (Colin Firth) is devot...
CinemaSerf
7/10
•7/12/2024This is one of Jude Law's better characterisations as he plays troubled writer Thomas Wolfe. His almost biblical tomes don't exactly excite most literary agents but the well established Max Perkins (Colin Firth) bucks that trend by giving him a chanc...