andyfox
10-03-2005, 12:05 PM
Interesting movie. It's a downer, as the star of the movie, Gwyneth Paltrow, is despressed or despondent or crazy or all three. Her father, Anthony Hopkins, has just died. He was a great mathematician, but went crazy and she cared for him the last few years of his life.
Then, looking through his papers, they find a great mathematical proof. It's in his handwriting, but she claims she wrote it.
The four lead actors (the other two are Jake Gyllenhaal [or whatever the hell his name is], and Hope Davis) are terrific. The movie is too talky, but I guess that's what happens when the playwright writes the screenplay from his own play. I guess the playwright was trying to show how difficult it is for people to forego being selfish and to do the right thing, and maybe too the fine line between genius and madness.
Don't go for an uplifting experience. The math geeks in the audience really loved it.
Then, looking through his papers, they find a great mathematical proof. It's in his handwriting, but she claims she wrote it.
The four lead actors (the other two are Jake Gyllenhaal [or whatever the hell his name is], and Hope Davis) are terrific. The movie is too talky, but I guess that's what happens when the playwright writes the screenplay from his own play. I guess the playwright was trying to show how difficult it is for people to forego being selfish and to do the right thing, and maybe too the fine line between genius and madness.
Don't go for an uplifting experience. The math geeks in the audience really loved it.