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6.3/10 • 685

2005-09-051h 41m

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The biggest risk in life is not taking one.

Catherine is a woman in her late twenties who is strongly devoted to her father, Robert, a brilliant and well-known mathematician whose grip on reality is beginning to slip away. As Robert descends into madness, Catherine begins to wonder if she may have inherited her father's mental illness along with his mathematical genius.

Directors
John Madden
Editors
Mick Audsley

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  1. Gwyneth Paltrow

    Gwyneth Paltrow

    Catherine Llewellyn

  2. Anthony Hopkins

    Anthony Hopkins

    Robert Llewellyn

  3. Jake Gyllenhaal

    Jake Gyllenhaal

    Harold 'Hal' Dobbs

  4. Hope Davis

    Hope Davis

    Claire Llewellyn

  5. Danny McCarthy

    Danny McCarthy

    Cop

  6. Tobiasz Daszkiewicz

    Tobiasz Daszkiewicz

    Limo Driver

  7. Gary Houston

    Gary Houston

    Professor Barrow

  8. Leigh Zimmerman

    Leigh Zimmerman

    Friend at Party

  9. Colin Stinton

    Colin Stinton

    Theoretical Physicist

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Aug 27, 2022

6/10

Math is an exact science. A mathematical proof is a demonstration of this exactness. Math can also be, according to those who study it, beautiful – an art form even; in that sense, Proof is an aptly titled film in which mathematics overlaps with metaphysics, poetry and even faith. Proof knows its characters’ field well enough to have a little fun with it (a character and his math department buddies have a band, and once of their songs is called “i”, as in ‘imaginary number;’ “They just stand there. They don't play anything for three minutes.”); on the other hand, it assumes at times, not entirely without reason, ignorance on the part of the audience. Now, I’ll confess that I didn’t know what a Germain prime was, but the characters do, so it’s a bit of awkward exposition when one explains it to another. Other than this, director John Madden truly lucked out with this movie – which is not to say he didn’t have anything at all to do with the success of the material –; in addition to being based on a Pulitzer Prize-winning play, you simply can’t go wrong when you only have four characters and three of them are played by Hopkins, Gyllenhaal, and Paltrow.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$20,000,000.00
Revenue
$7,535,331.00
Keywords
paranoiamathematicsmathematicianproofdementianotebookcampusgriefuniversityillnessmental illnesspaperdisturbeddeath of a loved one