Genius

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

  • Rated 6.5 out of 10
  • Movie
  • 2016
  • 1h 44m
  • History
  • Drama

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.

Director
Michael Grandage
Starring
Colin Firth, Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Laura Linney

Cast

  • Colin Firth

    Colin Firth

    Max Perkins

  • Jude Law

    Jude Law

    Thomas Wolfe

  • Nicole Kidman

    Nicole Kidman

    Aline Bernstein

  • Laura Linney

    Laura Linney

    Louise Saunders

  • Guy Pearce

    Guy Pearce

    F. Scott Fitzgerald

  • Dominic West

    Dominic West

    Ernest Hemingway

  • Vanessa Kirby

    Vanessa Kirby

    Zelda Fitzgerald

  • Demetri Goritsas

    Demetri Goritsas

    John Wheelock

  • Harry Attwell

    Assistant Editor

  • Angela Sant'Albano

    Angela Sant'Albano

    Bertha Perkins

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