"What little tension exists in Flash of Genius stems not from its ho-hum narrative, but from its attempts to fashion a heartwarming tale from a true-life story that, in many respects, wasn't all that heartwarming." - Nick Schager

boring...

Greg Kinnear as the "everyman" taking on the Juggernaut that were Detroits automakers. Very watchable, and human movie!

The movie is so bland that while it seems like I should give it a pass, I find myself unable to. The only time it rouses any emotion is when he's dropping his family faster than a dealer flushing coke in a police raid. And that's not good when the film is meant to be largely sympathetic to the guy. I should care about this guy, but the film doesn't do the necessary work of making him a recognizable human being. Everything just flows along by the pattern, singing itself--and me--to sleep.

Dutifully tracing events from the true story that inspired it, the film is serious, somber and sorely lacking in verve or any other enlivening spirit. It's thankfully not overly pompous about its subject, but it also fails to capture the natural inspiration of its story. That's in part because the characters feel constructed rather than lived in, even when the actors, led by a restrained Greg Kinnear, give it their sincere best.

Quite good.

Stand Your Ground!

Better than average bio-pic of underdog battlling a big powerful corporation.

The presentation is mediocre at best. Couldn't really like any of the characters.

While there's nothing really wrong with this movie, it was just disappointingly boring. I would have liked to know more about his family as they grew up, and their motivations for getting involved again. Not really anything to hold on to here.

You've seen this formula before... And done better... Greg Kinnear confirms for me that he is not much of an actor, who relies heavily on mugging...

Not terrible, but it's probably not a good sign when a movie gives off that Lifetime Original Movie vibe.

Greg Kinnear gives a very good performance and the courtroom scenes are great, but in the end the movie is extremely predictable and not all that different from every other true story/inspirational movie out there.

Nothing original, but it is a great story.

Treacle.

Good Movie

Quite sad. Nothing at the face of it seems wrong, but the movie starts to drag after a while.

Greg Kinnear gives a very strong performance, though it's a character we've seen from him before. The film overall is good, but drawn out.