(4 out of 5 stars)

Greg Kinnear plays Bob Kearns, the inventor of the intermittent windshield wiper. This story is unique and interesting and provides a mix of technical information, as well as emotional family drama. Kearns will not stop until he is credited with the invention he made ensuring that all future inventors also do not get their inventions stolen by corporate entities that typically have more resources and money to take the credit themselves.

It is unfortunate to see the pains that Kearns put his family through. Most of the performances are subtle and do not require the actors to get overly emotional which makes this movie less melodramatic and more heartfelt. Plus, the viewer easily wants Kearns to win his case and be noted as the inventor as the movie does a good job at painting the corporate car industry (Ford in this case) as evil, big and willing to do anything to cover up the truth.

The movie also inspires the creative minds out there to seek out new ideas and know what it feels like to have an original idea that could help the overall world in some small way. The movie is fresh and a nice departure from the typical action movie, romantic comedy and cop drama that mostly fills the screens. To bring such a topic to the screen is a flash of genius itself.

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