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Genius

2016, Movie, 1h 44min

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.

Country: United States,United Kingdom

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Reviews

Critic Glenn Kenny

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Logan’s script, based on A. Scott Berg’s biography of Perkins, isinvested in the craft of words like few other movies nowadays, even those ostensibly aboutwriters.

Read full review at Roger Ebert

Critic Alex Mclevy

...an account of novelist Thomas Wolfe’s literary career as seen through the eyes of his editor, Maxwell Perkins...

Read full review at The A.V. Club

Critic Kimberley Jones

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...a worthy reminder that Wolfe belongs in the first line of any lionizing of Great American Men of Letters.

Read full review at The Austin Chronicle

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"Genius" is a biographical drama film that tells the story of Maxwell Perkins (Colin Firth), a renowned editor who discovers and supports some of the greatest literary talents of the 20th century, including F. Scott Fitzgerald (Guy Pearce) and Ernest Hemingway (Dominic West). When Perkins meets Thomas Wolfe (Jude Law), a young and promising writer, he is convinced he has found a literary genius. The two men develop a complex and deep friendship, as Perkins works tirelessly to edit and publish Wolfe's novels, including "Look Homeward, Angel" and "Of Time and the River." Despite their differences and the challenges they face, Perkins and Wolfe remain close friends until Wolfe's untimely death. The film is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning biography "Max Perkins: Editor of Genius" by A. Scott Berg and features a talented cast, including Nicole Kidman as Aline Bernstein, Wolfe's lover.