Flash of Genius Reviews

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Pros

interesting topic (all)
good historical details (all)
david and goliath story (all)

Cons

predictable ending (all)
not enough courtroom drama (all)
bland protagonist (all)

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David-and-Goliath struggle over... windshield wipers

looking for something different, into movies that tell a great story, looking to be entertained

JUN

2009

I like movies that have an historical context, and Flash of Genius seems to fit that category. It's the true story of how an engineer named Robert Kearns (played by Greg Kinnear) invented what we now call intermittent windshield wipers, only to have his invention stolen by Ford and other big auto companies.

The film starts with a rather disheveled Kearns being gently removed from a bus, complaining that he has an appointment with the vice president of the US. He doesn't, of course, and he's led off to the looney bin to recover. The film then flashes back to three years earlier, and we learn...

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