

Genius
2016 · Movie · 1h 44m · PG-13
HistoryDrama
"Max Perkins discovered Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald. But he never met anyone like Thomas Wolfe."
Overview
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.
Ratings
IMDb
6.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes
52%
Metacritic
56/100
Key crew
- Michael GrandageDirector
- Adam CorkOriginal Music Composer
- John LoganScreenplay
Cast
- Colin FirthMax Perkins
- Jude LawThomas Wolfe
- Nicole KidmanAline Bernstein
- Laura LinneyLouise Saunders
- Guy PearceF. Scott Fitzgerald
- Dominic WestErnest Hemingway
- Vanessa KirbyZelda Fitzgerald
- Demetri GoritsasJohn Wheelock
- Harry AttwellAssistant Editor
- Angela AshtonBertha Perkins
- Eve BrackenZippy Perkins
- Gillian HannaJulia Wolfe
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Themes
new york citybiographywriterbook editornovelisteditor1930s























