A laughable mess of pretentious rambling and spiritual shallowness... gloriously, stupendously, exceptionally awful.
The Genius Club (2006)
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Reviews Counted:7
Fresh:1
Rotten:6
Average Rating:3.9/10
Rated: PG [See Full Rating] for thematic elements and some disturbing content.
Runtime: 1 hr 48 mins
Genre: Dramas
Theatrical Release:Oct 27, 2006 Limited
Synopsis: What if you had one night to solve the world's problems? For seven geniuses, they have no choice. A terrorist culls together a scientist, a seminary student, a pro baseball player, a professor, a... What if you had one night to solve the world's problems? For seven geniuses, they have no choice. A terrorist culls together a scientist, a seminary student, a pro baseball player, a professor, a casino owner, a painter, and a pizza delivery guy to attempt to solve the world's problems in one night. Seven geniuses, with IQs over 200, are plucked from their lives on Christmas Eve to try to solve the world's problems in one night. If they fail, the world will come to an end. The group attempt to solve world hunger, war, cancer, terrorism, rush hour traffic, jerks, and finally the meaning of life. By morning, the group finds redemption in themselves and quite possibly the world. --© Official Site [More]
Starring: Stephen Baldwin, Tricia Helfer, Philip Moon, Paula Jai Parker
Starring: Stephen Baldwin, Tricia Helfer, Philip Moon, Paula Jai Parker, Huntley Ritter, Jack Scalia, Tom Sizemore
Director: Timothy A. Chey
Director: Timothy A. Chey
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Reviews for The Genius Club
...plagued by uneven writing and acting ... but The Genius Club isn't a proselytizing tract or a preachment to the choir. It's an honest to gosh real movie.
Smart characters don't always mean smart movies, and The Genius Club is no exception.
Most of the movie is surprisingly effective at feeding the audience a liberal critique of capitalism, cleverly disguised as a thriller.
A pretentious gabfest...When one of the characters opines toward the close, 'This has been a complete waste of time,' you'll be hard pressed not to nod in agreement.
The Genius Club is a stultifying, static movie about a group of people trapped in a dingy boardroom yelling at one another and their tormentor.
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