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Genius

Genius

6,5 /10 (724 Votes)
2016 EN 104 min

Overview

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.

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Release date

10/06/2016

Votes

724

Popularity

2.1

Max Perkins discovered Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald. But he never met anyone like Thomas Wolfe.

Genres

Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

104 min

Revenue

$5,681,622

Colin Firth

Colin Firth

Max Perkins

Jude Law

Jude Law

Thomas Wolfe

Nicole Kidman

Nicole Kidman

Aline Bernstein

Laura Linney

Laura Linney

Louise Saunders

Guy Pearce

Guy Pearce

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Dominic West

Dominic West

Ernest Hemingway

Vanessa Kirby

Vanessa Kirby

Zelda Fitzgerald

Demetri Goritsas

Demetri Goritsas

John Wheelock

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Harry Attwell

Assistant Editor

Angela Ashton

Angela Ashton

Bertha Perkins

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Eve Bracken

Zippy Perkins

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Gillian Hanna

Julia Wolfe

Corey Johnson

Corey Johnson

John Wheelock

Miquel Brown

Miquel Brown

Eleanor, Perkins' Maid

Rosy Benjamin

Rosy Benjamin

Scribner's Staff

Elaine Caulfield

Elaine Caulfield

Mabel Wolfe

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Richard Dempsey

Director

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Katya Watson

Jane Perkins

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Lorna Doherty

Peggy Perkins

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Makenna McBrierty

Nancy Perkins

Lucy Briers

Lucy Briers

Miss Wyckoff

Ray Strasser King

Ray Strasser King

James, Mailroom Clerk

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David Altaner

Scribner's Staff

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Charles Dinsdale

Scribner's Staff

Erick Hayden

Erick Hayden

Scribner's Staff

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Kenneth Hazeldine

Scribner's Staff

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Oliver King

Scribner's Staff

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Alex Large

Scribner's Staff

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Charlotte Longfield

Scribner's Staff

Nick Mercer

Nick Mercer

Scribner's Staff

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Kim Rosenfeld

Scribner's Staff

James Wallace

James Wallace

Scribner's Staff

Katherine Kingsley

Katherine Kingsley

Purring Woman

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Richard Clark

Guest at Purring Woman's Table

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Stella McCabe

Guest at Purring Woman's Table

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Christopher Oram

Guest at Purring Woman's Table

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Mike Vessey

Guest at Purring Woman's Table

Maddie Rice

Maddie Rice

Actress

Ian Drysdale

Ian Drysdale

Actor

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Alistair Sanderson

Lighting Technician

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Alexander Scrivens

Lighting Technician

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Cassandra Nina

Woman at Bar

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Pamela Okoroafor

Woman at Bar

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Kenji Fenton

Band

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Neville Malcolm

Band

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Winston Rollins

Band

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Chris Storr

Band

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Frank Tontoh

Band

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Jamal Crawford

Dancer

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Kemi Durosinmi

Dancer

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Jo Dyce

Dancer

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Kevin Ketti

Dancer

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Lesley Mutombo-Agbepa

Dancer

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Joshua Robinson

Dancer

Andrew Byron

Andrew Byron

Grand Central Station Conductor

Jane Perry

Jane Perry

John Hopkins Hospital Nurse

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James Bierman

Funeral Minister

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Trina Dillon

Effie Wolfe

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Gary Thomsett

Frank Wolfe

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Mark Phillimore

Frederick Wolfe

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Reno

Reno

2017-02-14

⭐ 8

**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 looked like a genius from others eyes. Though I won't deny the experience always comes very handy. This film tells the story of ant editor and how he meets one of the best writers of his time. But they two together give the literature world some masterpiece works and that's the tale the film very genuinely presented to us. This story takes plac…

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tmdb28039023

2022-08-27

⭐ 6

The 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 devoted as much time and importance as is Wolfe (Jude Law) himself. Both have significant others, and we know, because they are played by Nicole Kidman and Laura Linney, just by looking at them that both Wolfe’s lover Aline Bernstein and Perkins’s wife Louise have a major presence in each man’s life – these are truly the women that stand behind great…

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

2024-07-12

⭐ 7

This 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 chance. Now there are some editorial caveats to this commission - not least some substantial shaving of hundreds of the pages, but the two start to work together building a relationship that sees Wolfe focus and succeed. That success, of course, is a beast with two heads and when the next book comes along - weighing in at some 5,000 pages - the pair mus…

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