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6.7/10 • 554

2014-03-131h 51m

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True genius comes from opening your heart.

A socially awkward teenage math prodigy finds new confidence and new friendships when he lands a spot on the British squad at the International Mathematics Olympiad.

Directors
Morgan Matthews
Editors
Peter Lambert

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  1. Asa Butterfield

    Asa Butterfield

    Nathan Ellis

  2. Rafe Spall

    Rafe Spall

    Martin Humphreys

  3. Sally Hawkins

    Sally Hawkins

    Julie Ellis

  4. Eddie Marsan

    Eddie Marsan

    Richard

  5. Jo Yang

    Jo Yang

    Zhang Mei

  6. Alex Lawther

    Alex Lawther

    Isaac Cooper

  7. Alexa Davies

    Alexa Davies

    Rebecca Dunn

  8. Martin McCann

    Martin McCann

    Michael Ellis

  9. Orion Lee

    Orion Lee

    Deng Laoshi

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Reno

Sep 24, 2015

6/10

Can you give up what you're good at for a girl.
I was fascinated by its storyline, reviews and ratings, but it did not deliver what I was expected. In fact, it fell simple and dull because of the end. Some people will accept it, but not me. For me it was neither good nor bad. Sometimes I don't care even it was cliched conclusion, if it's the best thing for the story to have. So this film tried to avoid it and there I lost my interest in this. Like I said the initial parts were very good. Had a very good character called Nathan, a teenage mathematics prodigy. The movie narrates his journey to prepare for participating in one of the most prestigious international competition to represent his country. He gets trained by a finest teacher in the country and remaining tells whether he makes it or not. Actually the film was partially based on one of the Britain's participants from the 2006's IMO, short for International Mathematical Olympiad. Directed by a documentary filmmaker who was inspired by one of his films based on the same theme involving the original main character from this movie. It's not a biography or a completely based on the real, it just inspired and changed entirely for the cinematic presentation. I thought, it was about a genius boy and the competition, but the romance track overhauled and took me as a surprise. Not bad at all, I liked the way the girl and the boy getting to know each other, like similar to the cultural exchange program. Excluding the ending part, it was a good film. That's what I felt, maybe it will be an awesome film for you. The only way to find out is to check it out by yourself. 6/10

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Keywords
autismmathematicschild prodigydeath of fathercoming of agesocial outcastcambridge university