Release Date
June 10, 2016 (Limited)
DVD Release Date
September 6, 2016 (Buy on Amazon)
Director
Michael Grandage
Writer
John Logan
Cast
Colin Firth, Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Laura Linney, Guy Pearce, Dominic West
Studio
Running Time
104 minutes
MPA Rating
Rated PG-13 for some thematic elements and suggestive content
What is Genius about?
From Academy Award-nominated screenwriter John Logan ("Gladiator," "The Aviator," "Hugo," "Skyfall") and acclaimed, Tony Award-winning director Michael Grandage in his feature film debut, comes "Genius," a stirring drama about the complex friendship and transformative professional relationship between the world-renowned book editor Maxwell Perkins (who discovered F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway) and the larger-than-life literary giant Thomas Wolfe. Based on the biography “Max Perkins: Editor of Genius” by A. Scott Berg, "Genius" stars Colin Firth... Full synopsis »
MOVIE REVIEW
A great cast—Colin Firth, Jude Law, Nicole Kidman and Laura Linney—does not make a great movie, proof being the new drama Genius, now on Blu-ray. A routine drama about the relationship between eccentric writer Thomas Wolfe and his famed editor Maxwell Perkins, Genius fails to establish itself as anything other than a run-of-the-mill biopic. Full movie review »
