ChikPapa Very disappointed :(

Glucedee It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.

Bluebell Alcock Ok... Let's be honest. It cannot be the best movie but is quite enjoyable. The movie has the potential to develop a great plot for future movies

Teddie Blake The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

Bele Torso I give this movie a 10 because movies like this have to be fought for, hard and rarely get past the idea room. This is a great little movie much like Tucker: A Man and His Dream. It also I a record of how big corporations want to squash the little guy and steal their ideas. It is amazing what this man endured to get his invention credited to his efforts! Even is half was exaggerated, still incredible. Love these types of movies and want to support them! Greg nails this type of role! Great work all-around.

ajs-10 I really enjoy a courtroom drama and I really enjoy watching the little guy get the better of the big corporation. So I was really pleased when I came across this film, which combines the two. Set in Detroit in the 1960's, it tells of one man's battle to get recognition from a large automobile manufacturer who, he claims, stole his idea.Bob Kearns is a college professor who teaches engineering, he's also an inventor. He is married to Phyllis and they have six children (yes, six). One day while driving his family home from church in a rainstorm, he comes up with an idea for an intermittent windscreen wiper. He designs a prototype and, with the help of his long-time friend, Gil Previck, he gets it patented. Now Bob wants to sell his idea to Ford, the largest automobile manufacturer, but he also wants to manufacture it himself. They show the idea to Ford, being very careful not to show them how it works, and they are impressed. After a meeting with one of their top managers, Macklin Tyler, and with promises of contracts, Bob eventually lets them examine his prototype. Just as he's getting ready to go into manufacturing, Ford pulls the plug and Bob is left feeling let down. This is until the day he sees a new Ford Mustang in the street with an intermittent wiper on it. He is determined to get Ford to admit they stole his idea, so much so that it affects both his marriage and mental state. I'll leave my little summary there or I'll give too much away!A really well made film that captured the world of 1960's Detroit very well. Great performances from both Greg Kinnear as Bob Kearns and Lauren Graham as his long suffering wife Phyllis. Honourable mentions go to Dermot Mulroney as Gil Previck, Mitch Pileggi as Macklin Tyler and it was nice to see Alan Alda as the lawyer Gregory Lawson.The first half of the film is quite slow, there's a lot of character development and I felt it ambled along a little too much. However, the second half is much better, the story really starts to take off and there is a really good ending. I really engaged with the main characters and I found it a very enjoyable film to watch. It's slightly over long, but it's one I can certainly recommend.My score: 6.8/10

DQGladstone I was hesitant to watch this film because it was described as a "feel good" movie and I suspected that was crap. And I was right, thank you, this film doesn't make you feel good at all.When Dr. Kearns starts his college lecture with a mention of "ethics" you know he's doomed. Doomed to waste his time, doomed to lose his wife, his good name and reputation as it turns out.Dermot Mulroney is excellent as the industry insider who has all the answers until he doesn't have all the answers. He and Alan Alda both play salesmen who are interested in selling Kearns on their own expertise and wind up failing him. Reliable characters who prove to be unreliable make the world go around.That is what is at the heart of the film for me, the psyche game that the individual is involved with until s/he discovers that everyone is full of shite and can't be trusted.Kearns isn't just fighting for his beliefs, he's fighting against his own family who are naive enough to believe that HIS struggles as an individual are less important than his responsibilities as a father and husband. They believe that he can deny his own beliefs and still be an effective husband and father. The kids come around eventually but not without a loss of precious time.It's an important part of the story that Kearns loses his sanity for a time in his struggle between his own beliefs and the beliefs that are pushed at him by Mulroney, Alda and his family (society). We understand that the struggle to live ethically is destroying his sanity.Greg Kinnear is great in this role with his subtle comedic moments and ability to keep a sense of humor and humanity with his kids as well as his righteous anger against the industry players.There is the unfortunate obligatory Hollywood moment where he is looking for reconciliation with the wife who deserted him when he really needed her but...Also interesting is the look at the legal system and how it benefits the big guys who break the rules and frequently make the rules, too.Kearns wins, ultimately, but a "feel good" movie? The only thing I feel good about after this film is that I'm a city pedestrian and don't own a car.

crownek I cherish this movie; a lot of this is for personal reasons. The film is well done; Greg Kinnear really impressed me with this and little miss sunshine.I am a sales guy who sells to big companies. I recently gave ford a free education in a service we offer, and it took so much evangalizing, repetition, re-explanation and hitting them over the head. I was astonished that a business this big didn't have smarter people.Then, when we gave them our price and offer, they said "no thanks were going to build this in house rather than use you".........I felt a visceral connections to Bob Kearns.Suddenly, Ford is an expert on this. I would talk to anyone who would listen, and I put my blood into helping them improve their business. I have a new opinion of the buying and technology that Ford uses to run its operations. One of the reasons they might be the "least screwed up" of the auto makers" is their soul-less way of getting companies on their knees, and then kicking them down when you cry "uncle" for them.Sorry for blabbing. It just hurts to know we really wanted to help them , and help us make a buck in the process. And we were treated like dogs.