Genius

Behind a great writer, there's a genius editor!

I felt the title 'Genius' was not appropriate for how the story revolved in the film. It was more like a commitment and priority given to those undertaking than any other stuffs and that's why it looked like a genius from others eyes. Though I won't deny the experience always comes very handy. This film tells the story of ant editor and how he meets one of the best writers of his time. But they two together give the literature world some masterpiece works and that's the tale the film very genuinely presented to us.

This story takes place around the 1930s. An enthusiastic writer and a genius editor develop a strong bond, especially from their professional, but it goes beyond that. Whe...

The genius of Genius is that, although it revolves around the publication of Thomas Wolfes novels Look Homeward, Angel and Of Time and the River, its not a film about writing but about editing; accordingly, editor Max Perkins (Colin Firth) is devoted as much time and importance as is Wolfe (Jude Law) himself.

Both have significant others, and we know, because they are played by Nicole Kidman and Laura Linney, just by looking at them that both Wolfes lover Aline Bernstein and Perkinss wife Louise have a major presence in each mans life these are truly the women that stand behind great men, if I may use a non-empowering figure of speech. Perkinss greatness lies in his ability to recognize greatness in others; prior to Wolfe, he discovered...

This is one of Jude Law's better characterisations as he plays troubled writer Thomas Wolfe. His almost biblical tomes don't exactly excite most literary agents but the well established Max Perkins (Colin Firth) bucks that trend by giving him a chance. Now there are some editorial caveats to this commission - not least some substantial shaving of hundreds of the pages, but the two start to work together building a relationship that sees Wolfe focus and succeed. That success, of course, is a beast with two heads and when the next book comes along - weighing in at some 5,000 pages - the pair must take a hatchet to the work and that starts the writer on a spiral of bitterness and resentment. Perhaps it's only his adoring "Aline" (Nicole Kidman...