Nice low-key film with some solidly likable characters and some good performances.

Especially notable for being perhaps the best naturalistic depiction of extreme introversion (schizoid, paranoid) I have ever seen. I watched it for Tony'kins, but stayed for the stunning Paltrow.

This movie kind of butchered a good play. It could have been a lot worse though. Anthony Hopkins in great as usual but the awkward adaptation of the script, like the recent film of Doubt, leaves much to be desired. Especially to fans of the play.

A wonderful, insightful film.

Rather morose melodrama about mathematics and mental illness. Somewhat clunky adaptation of a stage play with some interesting moments, but overall fairly uninspired. To describe the film as "leaden" would be unfair, but Paltrow's character in particular fails to offer much scope for her to convey anything other than blank stares and sullenness.

The most fascinating study of the mathematical mind since Pi. Paltrow gives the performance of her career as the emotionally vulnerable prodigy, and her turn brings each scene together in a beautiful and touching story which asks us to contemplate difficult questions. The parallel timelines were confusing at first but aside from that the directing is very good, the film is shot in a lovely pure sunlight and the music is spot-on. Hopkins and Gyllenhaal also thumbs up. A hidden geek masterpiece.

"Just as he kept Shakespeare in Love years ago from leaping into greatness with his banal direction, Madden similarly keeps things stately and sleepy here." - Jason Clark