Genius

Where to Watch Genius (2016) (Legally)

Max Perkins discovered Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald. But he never met anyone like Thomas Wolfe.
Jun 10, 2016 GB 104 min 14A
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What to expect (spoiler-free)

Planning a movie night? This is a spoiler-free snapshot of “ (2016).

It sits in the History, Drama space and is paced for about 104 minutes.

Top billed names include Colin Firth, Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Laura Linney.

The listed certification for some regions is “ (ratings vary by country).

Topics & keywords

new york city, biography, writer, book editor, novelist, editor, 1930s

Official trailer

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Plot

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.

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Main cast

Colin Firth
as Max Perkins
Jude Law
as Thomas Wolfe
Nicole Kidman
as Aline Bernstein
Laura Linney
as Louise Saunders
Guy Pearce
as F. Scott Fitzgerald
Dominic West
as Ernest Hemingway
Vanessa Kirby
as Zelda Fitzgerald
Demetri Goritsas
as John Wheelock
Harry Attwell
as Assistant Editor
Angela Ashton
as Bertha Perkins