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57 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 25 Critics What's this?

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7.6 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 17 Ratings

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  • Starring: Greg Kinnear, Lauren Graham
  • Summary: Based on the true story of college professor and part-time inventor Robert Kearns' long battle with the U.S. automobile industry, Flash of Genius tells the tale of one man whose fight to receive recognition for his ingenuity would come at a heavy price. But this determined engineer refused to be silenced, and he took on the corporate titans in a battle that nobody thought he could win. (Universal Pictures)… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 25
  3. Negative: 1 out of 25
  1. Baltimore Sun
    Reviewed by: Michael Sragow
    100
    It's exhilarating in an authentic, pathos-streaked way to see Kearns, through Greg Kinnear's inspired characterization of a wary obsessive, representing himself during his trial against Ford Motor Co. for stealing his design.
  2. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Joe Neumaier
    60
    It's not a lightning show, but "Flash" still shines.
  3. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Robert Wilonsky
    20
    Greg Kinnear, usually kinetic, is unusually (and unbearably) dull.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 10
  3. Negative: 1 out of 10
  1. LindaK.
    10
    Engrossing throughout. Lots of lovely, subtle things in the setting. The way Greg Kinnear played Kearns, the viewer understood why he could not quit the quest. Alan Alda surprise me because I had type cast him into being a very honorable character instead of a very practical one.… Expand
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  2. MikeE.
    4
    pretty weak. They took a terrific story line and made it boring.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. DanielR.
    2
    Really?....Really?....A 55? This movie was bad. Simply very bad. It suffers from a sever pacing problem and Kinnear's character is an imbecile who's self destructive behavior only makes this underdog film feel bland. It's hard to feel bad for him when he behaves like such a greedy child.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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