This is neither awful nor really spectacular. It's a solid movie with a very good cast. I knew the rough outlines of the historical facts and had hoped to gain more insight which didn't quite happen. My main problem is that it leaps through the story instead of exploring it. Maybe a mini series would have been more suited for the material. Edison is depicted as an unlikable fellow but the real genius in the story anyway is Tesla. [spoiler] One of the best moments in the movie for me was that financier, telling him, he will never have his name attached to anything. [/spoiler] You can watch it if you like period movies, or movies based on fact. But this does not replace a history book by any means. It's too shallow for that.

Very entertaining, although I think they took a bit of liberty license with the actual facts for "dramatic effect." This story is a bit different from other versions I've read about over the years. I had no idea Westinghouse made his fortune on brakes for trains. In the movie, Tesla seems to have been thrown in as an afterthought instead of him actually being a bigger influence from what I've read. Regardless, it's still better than 99.9% of all the other films out there at the moment (or any time, based on the last 10 years). If you don't watch this in Dolby Surround sound you're missing 1/2 the movie btw. The music is very good too. Solid 9/10 for entertainment value.

I love Cumberbatch and Shannon. Their acting is spot on. Plus Scorsese? What could go wrong? Historically inaccurate. It makes Tesla a bit player, while he worked for Edison for years not as insinuated for days or weeks. His anger at Edison for intellectual contracts a cornerstone of why he left Edison. We now know Edison was a thief with half his patents proven stolen in court after court. This makes him out as some super genius and plays the fanfare, false fanfare, that we were taught as kids. It also portrayed both Westinghouse and Edison as supposed men of principle. Westinghouse conned Tesla out of his multi million dollar agreement with him, leaving Tesla penniless. It also insinuated over and over that Tesla never built anything, which way incorrect also. Basically, it's the old sham, fake history we were taught to believe about Edison. Westinghouse and Edison's rivalry was notorious, and while the former didn't take to the papers until the electric chair thing, Westinghouse was instrumental in keeping Edison from getting funding on a regular basis. Both men were predators, just who and how they preyed on others and each other was different. Really, still loved the acting and actors. But the only truth in the storyline was the race to provide electricity across the country and to the world's fair. After that, mostly just the made up crap we learned as kids.

There are a lot of lies in this movie

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