Proof (2005)

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Proof
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Studio: Miramax Films
Rating: PG-13
Release Date: Sep 23, 2005
Running Time: 100 mins.
Country Of Origin: United States
Country Of Origin: United Kingdom
director: John Madden
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On the eve of her twenty-seventh birthday, Catherine, a young woman who has spent years caring for her brilliant but unstable father, a mathematical genius named Robert, must deal not only with the arrival of her estranged sister, Claire, but also with the attentions of Hal, a former student of her father's who hopes to find valuable work in the 103 notebooks of Robert's. As Catherine confronts Hal's affections and Claire's overbearing plans for her life, she struggles to solve the most perplexing problem of all: How much of her father's madness--or genius--will she inherit?
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Laboring to overcome the inherent difficulties that come with adapting a stage play into a film, Proof nonetheless proves fascinating. The story revolves around a mathematical proof, but it isn't just about numbers. It's about how the proof affects the human relationships surrounding it.

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Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning play by David Auburn, Proof centers on Catherine (Gwyneth Paltrow), a devoted daughter who must come to terms with the death of her father (Anthony Hopkins). He was a… Continued

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rating  PETER TRAVERS - September 8, 2005
David Auburn won a Pulitzer for Proof onstage -- deservedly so. His play about the daughter of a math genius had humor and bite and benefited from an electrifying performance by Mary-Louise Parker. The sparks go out in John Madden's film version, with a script by Auburn and Rebecca Miller and starring a wan Gwyneth Paltrow. The Oscar winner plays Catherine, a math prodigy who drops out of school to care for her father (a business-as-usual Anthony Hopkins), only to watch his beautiful mind be… Continued
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