As Perkins and Wolfe discuss the importance of every choice and omission an artist makes in crafting work, it is sad that Genius doesn't know show much evidence of that same consideration.

| Apr 13, 2021

A great wall separates the producers, writers and directors at present from the kind of mental effort it takes to represent the world in a serious artistic manner. For the most part, unhappily, they have only clichés and guesswork at their disposal.

| Feb 11, 2021

Michael Grandage could've used his female stars more powerfully-and the whole film smells of Oscar Bait-but the opposites-attract friendship between Perkins and Wolfe is the stuff of literary lore and is more than enough...

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 23, 2020

'Genius' looks like a half-baked bread, lacking a solid emotional hook. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Aug 20, 2019

While the film fails to live up to its namesake, it's a starry, solid account of a literary icon and the man who brought him to the world.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 15, 2019

If one thought Rajapattai was Susienthiran's worst film, then here's Genius. A television soap would have been more interesting and less predictable.

| Oct 26, 2018

Even when taken as a message film, 'Genius' makes the didactic films of Samuthirakani seem livelier.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Oct 25, 2018

A bit of a retread of drunk writer self-destructs tropes, but if you can't resist yet another trip down memory lane with your favorite writers, no matter how many times you may have taken it before, then Genius will give you another chance.

| Aug 23, 2018

Despite the emotional contrast, the film is enlightening and clear in what it tells and shows. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 30, 2018

For a film about finessing texts, there isn't much finesse in Genius.

| Oct 14, 2017

The movie is as in love with words and their power as Tom is.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 11, 2017

Genius is a work of admiration and curiosity, but it is simply not a work of genius, so that's regrettable.

| Aug 29, 2017

Genius isn't necessarily a mighty movie. But it's a very good one.

| Jun 20, 2017

If you're looking for a spectacular visual experience, this isn't it. But if you're interested in writers and editors, this film is for you.

| Mar 15, 2017

Unimaginative literary biopic.

| Original Score: C+ | Jan 27, 2017

Any film that takes literature this seriously deserves some credit.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 20, 2016

A film about literature that is neither literary nor cinematic and it gives the impression that wants to get away from the solemn to reach the popular, but ends up being superficial. [Full review in Spanish]

| Dec 19, 2016

A valuable film because of its story and its attractive cultural background, than by its (irregular) artistic results, which owes its most exciting moments to Colin Firth. [Full review in Spanish]

| Dec 13, 2016

The problem of the film is that the promised magnetism of the story it's hardly found in the screen. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 8, 2016

Genius may have its failings but it glows with a shared wonder of the world and of the written word.

| Nov 7, 2016