: Flash of Genius
I read some critics dissing this because of the subject — the invention of the intermittent windshield wiper — but that’s exactly what made me want to watch it! First, I love inventions, and even something so inoccuous as the intermittent wiper still requires genius. Second, I remember hearing about this case on the news when the guy one the lawsuit against Ford. I didn’t remember the details, but I remember at the time thinking that it sounded like a cool story. The film overdramatizes things a bit, having the loving-but-exasperated wife leaving the husband because he’s so obsessed with winning his lawsuit against Ford, and of course the story’s somewhat predictable and tries too hard to make up for that with style and drama, which just weakens the content that is there. The film’s 30 minutes too long and tends to feel more like a TV movie than a big screen feature. All that said, however, it has some compelling characters, excellent acting, a good story, and a happy ending. I liked it, though I wouldn’t call it a classic.
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