If it doesn't rise to the level of It's a Wonderful Life, it's because Marc Abrams is no Frank Capra. And after all, this isn't about angels, it's about windshield wipers.

| Nov 10, 2008

Seriously undermined by the skeletal script, which barely develops the characters and unintentionally raises more questions about Kearns's quixotic battle than it answers.

| Oct 10, 2008

Too much technical information about circuit boards, Motorola transistors and U.S. patent laws eventually takes up more screen time than Kearns' sympathetic story, leaving the viewer restless and bored.

| Oct 8, 2008

As Ralph Nader learned, it's tough to make car-safety stimulating.

Full Review | Original Score: C | Oct 6, 2008

In the end, Flash of Genius abandons its most interesting story line - Kearns v. Kearns - for a reliance on formula.

| Oct 3, 2008

While some scenes deliver, Flash of Genius suffers from an occasional lack of narrative tension.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Oct 3, 2008

The notion that a car part holds all the beauty and inspiration of a great piece of art is what makes Flash of Genius so watchable.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 3, 2008

We might be talking about windshield wipers instead of industry pollution in Flash of Genius, but somehow justice seems more dear in this odd movie.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 3, 2008

"Flash of Genius" isn't that good, but it's an enjoyable way to start the Oscar season.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 3, 2008

The flaws of Flash of Genius are worth putting up with for Kinnear's committed performance...

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Oct 3, 2008

This is an inspirational melodrama derailed by the low stakes of the subject and the flaws of its hero.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Oct 3, 2008

The product is concept, not execution, and the delivery techniques bear standard Hollywood patents.

| Original Score: B- | Oct 3, 2008

The film stumbles at times... but it's essentially solid storytelling.

| Original Score: B- | Oct 3, 2008

...It wants so desperately to be a Hollywood-style story of the little guy triumphing over the big guy that it races past much of the subtlety of Kearns' story...

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Oct 3, 2008

...The movie seems to have been crafted on an assembly line that specializes in inspirational tales of ordinary Davids triumphing over merciless Goliaths.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Oct 3, 2008

If only the movie were more than intermittently interesting.

| Oct 3, 2008

...The problem with Flash of Genius isn't that the subject is dull but that the movie is.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Oct 3, 2008

There's a fine line between standing up for yourself and selfishness, and Flash of Genius drives right over it.

Full Review | Original Score: C | Oct 3, 2008

A doggedly workmanlike variation of an old story: the lone crusader doing battle with the big bad establishment.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5 | Oct 3, 2008

It's as slow and lifeless a crowd pleaser as you'll see all year, a David-and-Goliath story that would have been a much stronger film if it realized that David has to be a little nuts to take on Goliath.

| Oct 3, 2008