The Short List of Things to Do

A guide to what you should see and what you should skip — and what you won't be able to avoid

Flash of Genius

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Greg Kinnear plays the kind of mildly obsessive guy who might invent the intermittent windshield wiper. And then sue, claiming the Ford Motor Co. stole it from him. And insist on representing himself in court. This is an intelligent, if long, fact-based tale of the pitfalls and pinnacles that meet a genuinely independent thinker.

Grade: B

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