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kosmasp A bunch of great actors portraying a bunch of great writers (plus a publicist, though that would be an understatement for the role he played). As you can imagine the acting is superb, male and female talent have a lot to bite and chew off with their roles. The dialog is great and I was surprised this didn't do better or was promoted better (at least in Germany).Then again it's not an easy watch, what with lots of dialog and drama. But the tension it builds (especially concerning the relationships of the characters within) is really great. Flaws are here to be exposed and the actors cherish them, playing them perfectly. It's a period piece and therefor may interest some people more than others. But if you like good drama, you could do worse

Argemaluco Despite my taste for reading, I have to admit that I had never even heard of author Thomas Wolfe (don't mix him up with Tom Wolfe, best known for having written The Right Stuff, The Bonfire of the Vanities and The Electric Kool- Acid Test). However, the film Genius taught me the fact that Wolfe was a very famous novelist during the first half of 20th century, and that his work influenced writers such as William Faulkner, Jack Kerouac and Ray Bradbury. However, Genius isn't focused on Wolfe himself, but on Maxwell Evart Perkins, the editor who recognized the talent Wolfe had below his exuberant personality and chaotic creative process. On the beginning, I found it a bit strange to dedicate a movie to the relationship between Perkins and Wolfe, instead of employing the more famous Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald, who appear in the film as supporting figures, giving advice to Perkins or working as contrasts of the eccentric Wolfe; but I eventually realized that Genius transcends the biographical function in order to make us plunge into the arcane process of edition, in which a half artist and half marketer individual "dares" to modify a literary work (collaborating with the author, of course), with the objective of improving it and increasing its chances of economic success. That's a volatile combination of art and commerce which is little understood, even by those who are aficionados to reading. And that's where we find the main strength of Genius; besides of portraying the professional and domestic life of two men joined by literature, we witness the fascinating process of molding a novel between the passion of an artist and the inexorable logic of an editor. Then, we have the excellent performances. Colin Firth makes an extraordinary work as Perkins, ironically laconic despite his vast knowledge of language; it's amazing how much Firth can express with a minuscule turn of the eyes or discreet smile, while having a perfect chemistry with Jude Law, who also brings a perfect performance as the opposite extreme: a pompous and grandiloquent genius with authentic talent who is incapable of controlling his ego. Meanwhile, Laura Linney and Nicole Kidman also bring solid works as the wives of Perkins and Wolfe (respectively). In conclusion, Genius is a mature and parsimonious (but never boring) film which I recommend with enthusiasm, mainly because of the brilliant performances and its compelling analysis of the creative-commercial process which makes a manuscript become an authentic book.

alanpgini Having recently seen and reviewed, "The man who saw infinity", I didn't expect to see another drama biopic so soon, that could come close to equaling it. This one does come close, but doesn't quite swing it. Jude Law is acceptable, but he struggles here in the role of Thomas Wolfe. You get the impression of a vapid man, who could not be close to someone who could have written Wolfe's novels. It gave the impression of an inadequate portrayal. The accent might have been giving him trouble. Wolfe was one of that great generation of American writers, that produced works the like of which will never be seen again. Firth did a great job in the role of Perkins. So much so, that you weren't listening for the British accent. Kidman was good, but her Australian accent was a little too evident, for a realistic portrayal of a Jewish New York woman. This film, along with the infinity movie, gives me hope that we will see more of these drama biopics, in the times to come. If Law's performance had been better, or Kidman's more realistic, I would have rated it higher than an 8 of 10.