Product Details

• Actors: Stephen Baldwin, Philip Moon, Jack Scalia, Tom Sizemore, Paula Jai Parker
• Directors: Tim Chey
• Format: Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Cloud Ten Pictures
• DVD Release Date: September 2, 2008
• Run Time: 119 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001AXTUMK
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #92,684 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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GENIUS CLUB - DVD Movie

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Where are the geniuses?, March 22, 2009

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NoWireHangers (Sweden) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Genius Club (DVD)

I didn't know what to expect from "The Genius Club". It seemed to be something of a "love it or hate it" movie, judging from some reviews and its IMDb rating. Knowing it was made by Tim Chey, who made the amateurish rapture movie, "Gone", I feared it might be another badly made evangelistic movie. On the other hand, the premise, some of the world's (or at least the USA's) smartest people gather to find the solution to world problems in a day, sounded intriguing. Unfortunately, the movie doesn't do much with the premise. Not much happens in two hours except for the discussions of the "genius club". The riddles start out easy (why is toner ink so expensive?) and progress into questions of war, famine and the existence of God. Movies based on dialogue can be great, if they're smart and well written, but "The Genius Club" is rather pedestrian, the answes to the riddles often obvious. None of the characters come off as geniuses, nor does the screenwriter. The discussions are more like those of a randomly selected group of reasonably intelligent people. Towards the end there are some character development and some of the actors do a good job (Baldwin is surprisingly good) while some don't. The question of God's existence gives a hint there's Christian money and ideas behind this film, but it's not too preachy. On the other hand, the arguments on both sides are the same old, same old, including the tired old Descartes and C.S Lewis arguments, not exactly the stuff of genius. It certainly doesn't "prove God exists" as the DVD cover would suggest.

So, it it worth watching? It's hard to say. I think "The Genius Club" wants to be, tries to be and thinks it is, smarter than it really is and that if you're interested in philosophy the film offers nothing new. On the other hand, some people loved it, so you may want to give it a chance. I would have given it 2½ stars if I could but since I can't, and three stars seem to much, it gets two stars from me.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Wanted to like it...., March 6, 2009

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Holly Rose (Texas) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Genius Club (DVD)

I'm giving this movie 3 stars because I think it's great that people are putting out faith based movies and I want to support that. However, I felt that there was too much going on and not enough focus. The cover said prove God exists, but that didn't really seem to be the theme of the movie at all. It was more about why do bad things happen to good people? I think the movie could have been better. It was almost as if they had a great idea but failed to edit the script before arriving at the final product. At the end of the day, I'm not sorry I bought this movie. I will continue to buy anything Stephen Baldwin participates in. I was a huge fan of his before he became a Christian. As I got out of college and began developing my faith, Stephen Baldwin also became a Christian and starting making Christian movies. It kind of was cool to witness that and see the difference it not only made in his life but even the movies he makes. I love Stephen Baldwin and feel he is making a difference in Hollywood . I support whatever he does and will continue to purchase all the movies he participates in.

14 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Merit of Argument, September 4, 2008

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Tauromaja (Cancun, Mexico) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Genius Club (DVD)

I have to admit to being an emotional person and this to better explain why I liked this movie. The premise of this movie is quite weak: a scientist with an IQ of over 200 builds a bomb and threatens to blow Washington DC to smithereens unless the President brings together all the people he can find with IQs over 200 to an abandoned building in DC to play a game. The game consists of a Q & A with questions all relating to solving the world's problems. If the participants can amass 1,000 points before dawn the next morning, they can walk and DC is safe. At times, the discussion was reminiscent of university lectures I've attended but as the questions progressed to being more moral, the feel of the movie changes.

That said, I can say that it is the argument that really shows the intelligence of "The Genius Club." The second half definitely clinched it for me as the story progresses into the lives of each participant, woven into the Q & A session. The majority of the stories are emotionally charged and ranges from the woman dying of cancer, confronting the President on why he cut back on cancer research spending to the discussion of faith in God and being atheist.

I truly underestimated this movie and I have to say that when I walked out of the theater, I was a pleasantly surprised, sopping mess.