Flash of Genius Critic Reviews
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Alda gives the film's strongest performance. Kinnear, often a player of light comedy, does a convincing job of making this quiet, resolute man into a giant slayer.Read the full review
Kearns' conflict is readable in Kinnear's every word and gesture. His performance is worth cheering.Read the full review
An enjoyable way to start the Oscar season.Read the full review
It's a smart movie for grownups, an increasingly rare commodity.Read the full review
That movie is not half bad, either. The trial, by comparison, will feel familiar to anyone who has ever watched any David take on any corporate Goliath before a court of law ("Erin Brockovich," "A Civil Action," etc., etc.).Read the full review
The individual components of director Marc Abraham's David-and-Goliath drama are roundly unexceptional; the script, soft and teach-y; the performances, earnest.Read the full review
The courtroom scenes emphasize the movie's potency as a David and Goliath saga. But the film's strength lies in its fact-based story of a wronged man turned crusader, played with vigor by Kinnear.Read the full review
In short, Flash of Genius fails to make viewers care with any depth about the story it's telling.Read the full review
The problem with Flash of Genius isn't that the subject is dull but that the movie is.Read the full review
Wants so much to be liked, even with its prickly, difficult hero, that it misses the mark of nonobviousness necessary not only for a patent, but also for a thrilling, original work.Read the full review
