Flash of Genius

Greg Kinnear gives a very good performance and the courtroom scenes are great, but in the end the movie is extremely predictable and not all that different from every other true story/inspirational movie out there.

Not terrible, but it's probably not a good sign when a movie gives off that Lifetime Original Movie vibe.

They've made a movie about windshield wipers. I may have seen everything now.

Goopy sentimental Lifetime movie in a lot of ways, but this one really resonated with me in a lot of ways.

Flash of Genius, a PG-13 biopic that's hurt most by the profanity it includes, doesn't overtly say whether Bob's lifetime could've been better spent. By the time the credits roll, he's reconciled with his children, all of whom take an interest in his legal fights. A jury's awarded him more than $10 million, acknowledging him as the inventor of the intermittent windshield wiper. We see indications that he's ready to give up his crusade, and Phyllis tells him that he's gotten everything he wanted.

This isn't a great movie but it's earnest, concise, and likeable. We all know the familiar "man vs. corporation" story, but this is charming and worth the repeat.

Quite good.

Stand Your Ground!

"What little tension exists in Flash of Genius stems not from its ho-hum narrative, but from its attempts to fashion a heartwarming tale from a true-life story that, in many respects, wasn't all that heartwarming." - Nick Schager

boring... I'd rather read about this person and skip the film...

Dutifully tracing events from the true story that inspired it, the film is serious, somber and sorely lacking in verve or any other enlivening spirit. It's thankfully not overly pompous about its subject, but it also fails to capture the natural inspiration of its story. That's in part because the characters feel constructed rather than lived in, even when the actors, led by a restrained Greg Kinnear, give it their sincere best.

Greg Kinnear as the "everyman" taking on the Juggernaut that were Detroits automakers. Very watchable, and human movie!

The movie is so bland that while it seems like I should give it a pass, I find myself unable to. The only time it rouses any emotion is when he's dropping his family faster than a dealer flushing coke in a police raid. And that's not good when the film is meant to be largely sympathetic to the guy. I should care about this guy, but the film doesn't do the necessary work of making him a recognizable human being. Everything just flows along by the pattern, singing itself--and me--to sleep.

Quite sad. Nothing at the face of it seems wrong, but the movie starts to drag after a while.

Good Movie

The presentation is mediocre at best. Couldn't really like any of the characters.

Better than average bio-pic of underdog battlling a big powerful corporation.

Nothing original, but it is a great story.

Treacle.

While there's nothing really wrong with this movie, it was just disappointingly boring. I would have liked to know more about his family as they grew up, and their motivations for getting involved again. Not really anything to hold on to here.

You've seen this formula before... And done better... Greg Kinnear confirms for me that he is not much of an actor, who relies heavily on mugging...

Greg Kinnear gives a very strong performance, though it's a character we've seen from him before. The film overall is good, but drawn out.