Reviews for Edison, the Man

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6.7 / 10 1h 47min

In flashback, fifty years after inventing the light bulb, an 82-year-old Edison tells his story starting at age twenty-two with his arrival in New York. He's on his way with the invention of an early form of the stock market ticker.

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Review by user355w4t11gz0

Wonderful chronicle of a maverick man...

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Review by RainbowRoadrunner

In YOUNG EDISON, PART 2, Spencer Tracy fails . . .

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Review by user780f49u50xt

Wonderful Tracy depiction of an American hero

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Review by user589khu0dl1z

1% Inspiration And 99% Perspiration

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Review by user640w7cw1tku

beautifully executed, but historically inaccurate

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Review by MysticManta

Spencer Gave a Great Performance

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Review by user395mg3iutal

Like most bio-pics, it doesn't get everything right--but it is marvelously entertaining.

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Review by user86551dtecnv

Get into the life of one of the 'greats' of the modern world

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Review by user378ctquveku

A film lover's delight, it's a fictionalized biography featuring Spencer Tracy

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Review by user7502teao2bx

The great Spencer Tracy as the great Thomas Edison tells the great story of the great man and great inventor.

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Review by CrimsonCobra

An entertaining, but flawed bio of Thomas Alva Edison

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Review by user569hc6iv7kd

"A minor invention every two weeks, a major invention every six months"

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Review by user76trbihzxn

Nice Story About A Incredible Inventor

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Review by user123r54gz6we

Classy Biopic from Hollywood's Golden Age

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Review by RainbowRhino

A simplified but earnest biography of the great inventor...

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