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Genius

Max Perkins discovered Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald. But he never met anyone like Thomas Wolfe.

6.5(738)20161h 44m4

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.

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Status
Released
Budget
—
Box office
$5.7M
Language
English
  • new york city
  • biography
  • writer
  • book editor
  • novelist
  • editor
  • 1930s

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Writers

John Logan

Produced in

United Kingdom, United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalPG-1310 Jun 2016
  • United KingdomGB

    • TheatricalPG10 Jun 2016
  • CanadaCA

    • Theatrical (limited)14A10 Jun 2016
  • BrazilBR

    • Theatrical1222 Sept 2016
  • DenmarkDK

    • Theatrical (limited)1528 Sept 2016
  • FranceFR

    • TheatricalTP27 Jul 2016
  • GermanyDE

    • Premiere6Berlin International Film Festival16 Feb 2016
    • Theatrical611 Aug 2016
  • GreeceGR

    • TheatricalΚ-1223 Jun 2016
    • PhysicalDVD9 Dec 2016
  • ItalyIT

    • TheatricalT8 Nov 2016
  • JapanJP

    • Digital / OTTG7 Oct 2016
  • LithuaniaLT

    • TheatricalN-1315 Jul 2016
  • PortugalPT

    • TheatricalM/125 Oct 2016

Frequently asked questions

Genius was released on 10 June 2016.

Audience reviews

3
  • R

    Reno

    2/14/2017

    8/10

    **Behind a great writer, there's a genius editor!** I felt the title 'Genius' was not appropriate for how the story revolved in the film. It was more like a commitment and priority given to those undertaking than any other stuffs and that's why it looked like a genius from others eyes. Though I won't deny the experience always comes very handy. This film tells the story of ant editor and how he meets one of the be…

  • T

    tmdb28039023

    8/27/2022

    6/10

    The genius of Genius is that, although it revolves around the publication of Thomas Wolfe’s novels Look Homeward, Angel and Of Time and the River, it’s not a film about writing but about editing; accordingly, editor Max Perkins (Colin Firth) is devoted as much time and importance as is Wolfe (Jude Law) himself. Both have significant others, and we know, because they are played by Nicole Kidman and Laura Linney, ju…

  • C

    CinemaSerf

    7/12/2024

    7/10

    This is one of Jude Law's better characterisations as he plays troubled writer Thomas Wolfe. His almost biblical tomes don't exactly excite most literary agents but the well established Max Perkins (Colin Firth) bucks that trend by giving him a chance. Now there are some editorial caveats to this commission - not least some substantial shaving of hundreds of the pages, but the two start to work together building a re…

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