Ingenious

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Ingenious

R

2009

1h 33m

Comedy

Drama

Romance

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A small-time inventor (Dallas Roberts) and a shady salesman (Jeremy Renner) hit rock-bottom before coming up with a novelty item that turns into a worldwide sensation.

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Lael Loewenstein

Variety

A terrific little yarn about pluck, perseverance and friendship overcoming the odds, Lightbulb is exactly what's needed in these troubled times.

Mar 19, 2009

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Don Shanahan

Every Movie Has a Lesson

"Ingenious" offers a funny and entertaining slice-of-life story that leaves out the melodrama and fills its story, and us the audience, with engaging inspiration and spirit.

Rated: 4/5

Sep 4, 2023

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Steve Rhodes

Internet Reviews

Cute enough.

Rated: 2.5/4

Mar 16, 2009

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Patricia M

Not in the league of Tetris, Blackberry or WeWork. The character Sam played by Jeremy Renner is a particularly obnoxious, undermining, coersive creep who seems to do everything in his power to drag his 'friend' down into his addictive, loser life. The miracle of this story is not that Matt and Cinda managed to luck onto the train called "Inanity" but that they did it with a malignant, malingering misoginist in tow. The whole thing is a sorry indictment on the state of the nation. Don't waste your time unless you like to squirm.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

10/23/24

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Audience Member

Utter tripe. This is the story of useless people gambling their families and livelihoods on pointless novelty inventions designed purely to bilk the public. The characters begin as irresponsible gambling addicts, and they end as irresponsible gambling addicts who happened to bet on a winning hand. They achieved nothing meaningful.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/12/23

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Audience Member

Adequate but would have benefited from a strong personality in the lead than Roberts.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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Audience Member

Tositapahtumiin perustuva elokuva kaveruksista jotka keksivät puhuvan pullonavaajan (kaikkea sitä onkin, en oo kyllä koskaan kuullutkaan moisesta...) ;) (Suom. Ingenious - neronleimauksia)

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/23/23

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Audience Member

In my opinion this was a terrific movie, in part due to the strength of the actors in it. It had a really great storyline, believable characters, great dialogue and many touching moments. Certainly a film I'd watch again to relive the mood, watch the characters deal with adversity and listen for the memorable lines!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/14/23

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Audience Member

J'ai bien aimÃ©. C'est un bon film lÃ©ger.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/17/23

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Jeff Balsmeyer

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Dallas Roberts

Matt

Jeremy Renner

Sam

Ayelet Zurer

Gina

Marguerite Moreau

Cinda

Amanda Anka

Louisa

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Synopsis

A small-time inventor (Dallas Roberts) and a shady salesman (Jeremy Renner) hit rock-bottom before coming up with a novelty item that turns into a worldwide sensation.

Director: Jeff Balsmeyer
Producer: Mike Cram, Tim Flood, Brian Neufang
Screenwriter: Mike Cram
Production Co: Arriba Films , Arriba
Rating: R (Language|Brief Sexuality)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 15, 2013
Runtime: 1h 33m

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