 It's a similar experience to watching a 1-0 soccer game that is decided in overtime.Sure, absolutely nothing resembling feel-good entertainment happens in the first 90 minutes.But oh, that overtime goal ..."

Peter Travers of "Rolling Stone" rated the film three out of four stars and commented, "Kinnear takes the star spot in "Flash of Genius" and rides it to glory...Kearns wasn't a movie hero.