
A lunatic madman has placed a nuclear bomb 10 blocks from the White House. He enlists the President of the United States and a group of geniuses 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 in the world...... (Full plot summary below)
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A lunatic madman has placed a nuclear bomb 10 blocks from the White House. He enlists the President of the United States and a group of geniuses 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 in the world...
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| Dallas Morning NewsTom MaurstadThe Genius Club is a stultifying, static movie about a group of people trapped in a dingy boardroom yelling at one another and their tormentor. |
| One Guy's OpinionFrank SwietekA 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. |
| Arkansas Democrat-GazettePhilip Martin...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. |
| DVDTalk.comDavid CorneliusA laughable mess of pretentious rambling and spiritual shallowness... gloriously, stupendously, exceptionally awful. |
| User ReviewFabien RWith it's very interesting ways, this movie happens to have the same exact views of me. Contemplating the world's problems, the seven most intelligent people in America are put together to stop a bomb that would blow up D.C. But, with different views, and some serious arguments, it makes it hard. Oh, and did I mention the way that they could save themselves is to solve the worlds problems in 24 hours, by answering the questions?... Well, that made it about a billion times more interesting... I suggest this movie for those of us who like to solve problems. And think about what we can do. :} |
| User ReviewSusan DThe only reason this film was not nominated for an Oscar was because of its essential Christianity. Forget the one review on this board - it's from a guy named Joel who's been attacking Christian movies for the past 10 years. The best verse I have for him: "Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter. Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in their own sight." - Isaiah 5:20-21 |
| User ReviewBlair GTim Chey hits a home-run with this intelligent gem. This is not a movie for everyone because it has a real message and most people can`t be bothered with something like that. It`s a dialogue driven movie that delivers. Really good points and issues are addressed. We live in an mindless entertainment obsessed culture so it`s refreshing to see a film that stands above the rest. This movie has entertainment and is of serious value. |
| User ReviewBen EReally good movie. Answers some controversial questions. |
| User ReviewJanet V'The Genius Club' is a true wonder in filmmaking. The film critics who have applauded this film understand the true implications of a world that hates intelligence. The ones who have attacked the film never get to the issues of what the movie talks about. Why is that? Maybe the issues are too deep for these mindless critics so the next best thing is to attack the entire movie's idea - which again shows you the movie critics love being thought of as intellectual, but really can't prove they're intelligent. The issues of why we don't have a cure for cancer, for instance. Read the review. Nada. Issues on why we spent 1.3 trillion on the Iraq War covered in the movie. Again, nada. The hateful critics just steam at the Christianity that's presented in the film. By the way, don't listen to my fellow Christian critic - he's been bashing films for over 10 years and one day someone will slap him with an overdue lawsuit - God-willing. |
| User ReviewTippy JI saw this film on TV - it was a tear-jerker - best film I've seen in 20 years.... |