Protagoniza Greg Kinnear, a quien es habitual verlo en papeles más cómicos. Compone bien a este hombre que, padre de seis hijos, acarició con los dedos la gloria para quedarse finalmente con un palmo de narices. Nadie como él para saber lo que supone que David luche contra Goliat.
Based on the true story of college professor and part-time inventor Robert Kearns' long battle with the U.S. automobile industry, Flash of Genius tells the tale of one man whose fight to receive recognition for his ingenuity would come at a heavy price. But this determined engineer refused to be silenced, and he took on the corporate titans in a battle that nobody thought he could win. The Kearns were a typical 1960s Detroit family, trying to live their version of the American Dream. Local university professor Bob married teacher Phyllis and, by their mid-thirties, had six kids who brought them a hectic but satisfying Midwestern existence. When Bob invents a device that would eventually be used by every car in the world, the Kearns think they have struck gold. But their aspirations are dashed after the auto giants who embraced Bob's creation unceremoniously shunned the man who invented it. Ignored, threatened and then buried in years of litigation, Bob is haunted by what was done to his family and their future. He becomes a man obsessed with justice and the conviction that his life's work-or for that matter, anyone's work-be acknowledged by those who stood to benefit. And while paying the toll for refusing to compromise his dignity, this everyday David will try the unthinkable: to bring Goliath to his knees.
"Un poco de frescura hubiera ayudado. Pero Abraham, en su debut como director, procede con un tímido toque televisivo. Afortunadamente, Kinnear ignora las señales de precaución. (...) el conflicto de Kearn se deja ver en cada palabra y gesto de Kinnear. Su intepretación merece alabarse." (Peter Travers: Rolling Stone)
"El problema con 'Flash of Genius' no es que el tema sea aburrido, sino que lo es la película." (Ty Burr: Boston Globe)
"Tiene el tono y la textura de una -bien hecha pero olvidable- película para la televisión." (Stephen Holden: The New York Times)
Ópera prima de Marc Abraham, conocido productor de Hollywood responsable de conocidos títulos como "Children of Men" (2006), "Dawn of the Dead" (2004), "Spy Game" (2001), o "Air Force One" (1997).
Director: Marc Abraham. Intérpretes: Greg Kinnear (Bob Kearns), Lauren Graham (Phyllis Kearns), Dermot Mulroney (Gil Previck), Alan Alda (Gregory Lawson), Karl Pruner (Pete), Andrew Gillies (Paul Previck), Bill Lake (Scott), Duane Murray (Jim), Kate Greenhouse (Jean Previck), Aaron Abrams (Ian Meillor). Guión: Philip Railsback; basado en el artículo "The flash of genius" de John Seabrook, publicado por The New Yorker. Música: Aaron Zigman. Fotografía: Dante Spinotti. Título Original: Flash of genius. País: USA. Año: 2008. Duración: 119 min. Género: Biopic, drama.
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