Flash of Genius vs Hair of the Bear

Hair of the Bear has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.5/10 for Flash of Genius). Hair of the Bear is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 59m. Flash of Genius is the older of the two (2008 against 2026). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Flash of Genius posterFlash of Genius2008 VS Hair of the Bear posterHair of the Bear2026
Flash of GeniusHair of the Bear
Audience score★ 6.5/10★ 10.0/10
Year20082026
Length1h 59m1h 32m
GenresDramaDrama, Thriller
Country–Canada
DirectorMarc AbrahamAlexandre Trudeau, James McLellan
Main castDermot Mulroney, Mitch Pileggi, Greg Kinnear, Tim Kelleher, Bill SmitrovichMalia Baker, Robert Naylor, Roy Dupuis, Catherine Bérubé, Jonathan Lawrence

Synopsis

Flash of Genius

In this David vs. Goliath drama based on a true story, college professor Robert Kearns goes up against the giants of the auto industry when they fail to give him credit for inventing intermittent windshield wipers. Kearns doggedly pursues recognition for his invention, as well as the much-deserved financial rewards for the sake of his wife and six kids.

Hair of the Bear

Refusing to go to school, anxious 16-year-old Tori is driven by her mother to her grandfather's rustic cabin in Eastern Manitoba on the remote American-Canadian border. As Tori struggles to adapt to the woodsman ways of her French Canadian grandfather, she ultimately must embrace the outdoors if she is to survive the deadly game of cat and mouse she is thrust into.

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