Flash of Genius
viewers reviews
'Sentiment: Positive đ'
This is another true David & Goliath story which pits a home inventor, Bob Kearns, who develops a working intermittent windshield wiper control, against the Ford Motor Company who stole his idea after he demonstrated it to them. The strain is at times too much for Kearns who eventually suffers a mental breakdown, but comes back to take on Ford in a monumental lawsuit despite the strains on his marriage & family.While a lot of people probably won't be interested in true life stories like this, I enjoy them and did enjoy this movie. The acting is good, and since the story is set in the 1960's & 1970's, you really get a feel for that era. It's worth a watch.
'Sentiment: Positive đ'
Saw the very first showing of this tonight at the Traverse City Film Festival. It was a good movie and Greg Kinnear was very good. The film felt too restricted and hyper focused on the primary movie subject, Bob Kearns. It could have been made better by infusing a bit of side-story from the conflicting characters points of view. Bob Kearns low point in the movie also seemed to happen abruptly with no run-in to the plot twist, so much so that I felt like I missed something. Lauren Graham offered a fine performance, as did Dermot Mulroney's limited screen time. Overall I liked the movie but felt more could have been done to fill some gaps.
'Sentiment: Negative âšī¸'
I'm not gonna spoil the end or anything, I'm just going to talk about the story, that's why I put the spoiler tag up. I'm always afraid when I read the tag "Based on a true story". Most of the times, it isn't that truthful and if it is, it might get boring or some other things go wrong.In this case everything fit together. The performances, the theme, just everything. Greg Kinnear should be nominated at least for his performance/portrayal. That he is fighting for his rights and that you can see the big company treating him wrong and cheating on their contract from a mile off, doesn't matter that much. After that it's the underdog story. And it doesn't even matter how the movie ends, because as the saying goes: The journey is it's own reward!
