2008
PG-13
Universal Pictures
1 h 59 m

2008
PG-13
Universal Pictures
1 h 59 m

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 tit...

Directed By: Marc Abraham

Written By: Philip Railsback, John Seabrook

2008
PG-13
Universal Pictures
1 h 59 m

2008
PG-13
Universal Pictures
1 h 59 m

Flash of Genius

Name: Flash of Genius
Genre: Biography, Drama
Released: 2008-10-03
Duration: 1 min 59 s
Rating: 57
Cast: Greg Kinnear, Lauren Graham, Alan Alda, Tim Eddis, Warren Belle

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 25 Critic Reviews

User Score Generally Favorable Based on 10 User Ratings

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Directed By: Marc Abraham

Written By: Philip Railsback, John Seabrook

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Mixed or Average Based on 25 Critic Reviews

52% Positive
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44% Mixed
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4% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 25 Critic Reviews

52% Positive
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44% Mixed
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4% Negative
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Baltimore Sun

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.

By Michael Sragow FULL REVIEW

The A.V. Club

It's a smart movie for grownups, an increasingly rare commodity.

By Tasha Robinson FULL REVIEW

Entertainment Weekly

The individual components of director Marc Abraham's David-and-Goliath drama are roundly unexceptional; the script, soft and teach-y; the performances, earnest.

By Lisa Schwarzbaum FULL REVIEW

ReelViews

In short, Flash of Genius fails to make viewers care with any depth about the story it's telling.

By James Berardinelli FULL REVIEW

The New York Times

It has the tone and texture of a well-made but forgettable television movie.

By Stephen Holden FULL REVIEW

Variety

Moderately inspiring in the way such true-life stories of "the indomitable human spirit" are always constructed to be.

By Todd McCarthy FULL REVIEW

Village Voice

Greg Kinnear, usually kinetic, is unusually (and unbearably) dull.