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25 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertAlda gives the film's strongest performance. Kinnear, often a player of light comedy, does a convincing job of making this quiet, resolute man into a giant slayer.
- 75Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaPhiladelphia InquirerSteven ReaKinnear does what he's done in the past: You underestimate the guy's acting chops, and suddenly, strikingly, he floors you.
- 75The A.V. ClubTasha RobinsonThe A.V. ClubTasha RobinsonIt's a smart movie for grownups, an increasingly rare commodity.
- 67Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumThe individual components of director Marc Abraham's David-and-Goliath drama are roundly unexceptional; the script, soft and teach-y; the performances, earnest.
- 63ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliIn short, Flash of Genius fails to make viewers care with any depth about the story it's telling.
- 63USA TodayClaudia PuigUSA TodayClaudia PuigThe courtroom scenes emphasize the movie's potency as a David and Goliath saga. But the film's strength lies in its fact-based story of a wronged man turned crusader, played with vigor by Kinnear.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterThe Hollywood ReporterIt's also solidly constructed throughout and the acting is impeccable. The problem is that it just lumbers along for two solid hours, never rising to any significant emotional or philosophical heights.
- 50VarietyTodd McCarthyVarietyTodd McCarthyModerately inspiring in the way such true-life stories of "the indomitable human spirit" are always constructed to be.
- 50Austin ChronicleAustin ChronicleMaybe he was a sucker, but it was his belief in the fundamental decency of American institutions that made his struggle for redemption so winning, much more so than the movie that was made to honor it.
- 20Village VoiceVillage VoiceGreg Kinnear, usually kinetic, is unusually (and unbearably) dull.