Film

Genius

2016 · 1h 44m · History · Drama

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

IMDb

6.5

Rotten Tomatoes

52%

Metacritic

56

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.

Colin Firth

Max Perkins

Jude Law

Thomas Wolfe

Nicole Kidman

Aline Bernstein

Laura Linney

Louise Saunders

Guy Pearce

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Dominic West

Ernest Hemingway

Vanessa Kirby

Zelda Fitzgerald

Demetri Goritsas

John Wheelock

Harry Attwell

Assistant Editor

Angela Ashton

Bertha Perkins

Eve Bracken

Zippy Perkins

Gillian Hanna

Julia Wolfe

Corey Johnson

John Wheelock

Miquel Brown

Eleanor, Perkins' Maid

Rosy Benjamin

Scribner's Staff

Elaine Caulfield

Mabel Wolfe

• Michael GrandageDirector · Producer
• John LoganProducer · Screenplay
• A. Scott BergNovel · Executive Producer
• James BiermanProducer
• Tracey SeawardProducer
• James J. BagleyExecutive Producer
• Tim BevanExecutive Producer
• Nik BowerExecutive Producer
• Tim ChristianExecutive Producer
• Ivan DunleavyExecutive Producer

Official Trailer

Release date

June 10, 2016

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 44m

Rated

PG-13

Revenue

$5,681,622

Genres

History, Drama

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