Max Perkins discovered Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald. But he never met anyone like Thomas Wolfe.
| Cast |
Nicole Kidman, Guy Pearce, Colin Firth, Jude Law, Vanessa Kirby, Laura Linney, Dominic West |
| Director |
Michael Grandage |
| Screenplay | John Logan, from the book by A. Scott Berg |
| Music | Adam Cork |
| Cinematography | Ben Davis |
| Editing | Chris Dickens |
| Sound formats | Dolby Digital |
| Soundtrack | Available |
| Made in | 2016 |
| Produced by | Desert Wolf Productions, Michael Grandage Company, Riverstone Pictures |
IMDB page | CommonSenseMedia Report
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| Suggested age limit 14 + |
Positive messages |
Positive role models |
Violence |
Sex |
Language |
Consumerism |
Drinking, drugs, smoking |
| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| Cape Argus / The Star Kaleem Aftab  Stage, not film director's forte. | 5 |  |
| Die Burger Carla Lewis-Balden 'Genius' is 'n ode aan literatuur. | 10 |  |
| Cape Times David Rooney The sacred art of writing. | 10 | |
| Metacritic.com 23 critics | 11 |  |
| Rottentomatoes critics 86 critics | 11 | |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Genius seeks to honor worthy subjects, yet never gets close enough to the titular quality to make watching worth the effort. | 10 | |
| CommonSenseMedia Staff evaluation Satisfying portrayal of literary legends has mature themes. | 15 |  |
What the People say | ||
| Metacritic.com users 8 users | 11 | |
| Rottentomatoes users 1681 users | 13 | |
| Internet 604 Netizens Genius is as great as you can get | 14 | |
Average .. 55% | 11 | |