Proof

  • Drama
  • Mystery
9/5/2005
101
PG-13

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.

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Revenue:
$7,535,331
Budget:
$20,000,000

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  • tmdb28039023

    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, Ill confess that I didnt know what a Germain prime was, but the characters do, so its a bit...

    August 27, 2022

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