“Genius is offering a metacommentary on film form and pulling off a banana-peel gag in the same movie…”

“The best moments are those of cinebro-bonding between Pascal and Cage.”

“Cage hijacks the movie and turns it into his own private actor’s laboratory.”

“…fairly dark, while still being very funny.”

“…might register to modern audiences as a parable about the existential angst of multitasking.”

“A gag-stuffed, story-light short from Buster Keaton…”

“…an incisive satire about the way American society presents marriage as a pre-packaged commodity.”

“There’s a leanness to the best movie comedy that McKay’s filmmaking has lost…”

“Rex delivers an unequivocally great comic performance.”

“An ode to both the exuberance and loneliness that accompanies the creative life.”