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A group of hip retro teenage outsiders become involved in an interschool bowling rivalry.


“To fit in, genius Charlie Boyle added another side to himself”
Charlie Boyle finds that even his high IQ can't solve all of his problems when he takes on a double life in order to make friends his own age.

Trevor Morgan
Charlie Boyle aka Chaz Anthony

Emmy Rossum
Claire Addison

Charles Fleischer
Dr. Krickstein

Yannick Bisson
Mike MacGregor

Peter Keleghan
Dean Wallace

Philip Granger
Coach Addison
Patrick Thomas
Odie

Sandi Ross
Teacher
Jonathan Whittaker
Dad Boyle
Matthew Koller
Deion
Genius is a family, comedy, tv movie film released in 1999. Directed by Rod Daniel, it stars Trevor Morgan, Emmy Rossum, Charles Fleischer. Charlie Boyle finds that even his high IQ can't solve all of his problems when he takes on a double life in order to make friends his own age.
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