Genius's reviews
Media reviews
El Mundo
"Decent, tidy and really cleaned biopic. (...) The problem is that the magnetism of the story which it is discerned does not really find on screen a flat and precious translation which is more attentive to the skin that to what is inside."
Fotogramas
"There are British movies which are cut by the same pattern. 'The King's Speech'. 'The Danish Girl' and now 'Genius' belong to this category. (...) A forgettable movie."
El Periódico
'The movie fails because of its narrative commonness, its clischés resource like the tortured writer and, specially, the incredible histrionic interpretation of Law".
The Hollywood Reporter
"A classy but dull literary love affair (...) The story of Perkins' collaboration and friendship with Wolfe remains stubbornly resistant to both drama and emotion."
Variety
While the talent involved should draw smarthouse crowds, the result has all the life of a flower pressed (...) Law bellows and gesticulates like a barn-raised carnival barker".
The Guardian
"'Genius' is hammily acted, overstylised and lacking in subtlety (...) It?s like a Disneyland version of the era, with Firth and Law stuffed into the outsized costumes of literary greats".
Screen Daily
"Theatrical prospects could be limited by the fact that large chunks of the film are dramatically inert, and those that aren?t are dominated by a performance by Law which feels too big for the screen".
Festival Internacional de Cine de Lanzarote