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Proof (2005) 6.7
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6.7/10 from 27,143 users
Metascore: 64/100
Reviews: 174 user | 138 critic | 37 from Metacritic.com The daughter of a brilliant but mentally disturbed mathematician, recently deceased, tries to come to grips with her possible inheritance: his insanity. Complicating matters are one of her father's ex-students who wants to search through his papers and her estranged sister who shows up to help settle his affairs. Director:John Madden |
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The daughter of a brilliant but mentally disturbed mathematician (recently deceased) tries to come to grips with her possible inheritance: his insanity. Complicating matters are one of her father's ex-students who wants to search through his papers and her estranged sister who shows up to help settle his affairs. Written by B.B.
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Things that are intangible are difficult to prove - sanity, love and faith See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated PG-13 for some sexual content, language and drug references | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Country:
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EnglishRelease Date:
30 September 2005 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
A Prova See more »Box Office
Budget:
$20,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$57,997 (Brazil) (11 August 2006)Gross:
$197,971 (Brazil) (11 August 2006)Company Credits
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Robert: [stirring her out of a dream] Can't sleep?
Catherine: Oh, Jesus! Oh, you scared me.
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(1997)
Written by Dave Warrin (as D Warrin), John Warrin (as J Warrin), Guy Gershoni (as G Gershoni) (California Soul-SESAC)
Performed by Slide Five
1997 © (p) Ubiquity Recordings Inc.
All Rights Reserved
Licensed courtesy of Ubiquity Recordings, Inc.
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Near the end when Catherine says she'd rather go to sleep than talk through her father's proof, his mouth keeps moving after he stops yelling. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Robert: [stirring her out of a dream] Can't sleep?
Catherine: Oh, Jesus! Oh, you scared me.
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"Inhaler"(1997)
Written by Dave Warrin (as D Warrin), John Warrin (as J Warrin), Guy Gershoni (as G Gershoni) (California Soul-SESAC)
Performed by Slide Five
1997 © (p) Ubiquity Recordings Inc.
All Rights Reserved
Licensed courtesy of Ubiquity Recordings, Inc.
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GWYNETH, GWYNETH, GWYNETH! Not having been overly impressed with any of her previous performances, in Proof, Gwyneth Paltrow brings a highly emotional, nuanced, and so finely-tuned performance, I must say this movie this movie a stand-out.
She inhabits her character so fully, I was pulled in and so completely entranced the entire time. In fact, certain words or phrases are reused and have an uncanny allusion to when they were previously said. The effect as that you experience and follow the moments, and the thoughts of the characters, even though they are so deeply imbedded within. I credit Gwyneth and the director with making this work so well. I've never experienced such an organic link between phrases separated in time in a movie before. Wow!
This is a movie about how a daughter, her sister, and a grad student deal with the passing of a great mathematician. While there may be similarities with 'A Beautiful Mind' and even 'Good Will Hunting', knowing there are any such links didn't help me with this movie and I think actually does a dis-service. This movie stands on its own. Ignore any such comparisons.
Acting-wise, there were strong performances all around with Anthony Hopkins giving a top-notch performance. Jake Gyllenhaal's was strong, but perhaps not to the level of his rather awesome performance in Brokeback Mountain.
Good things aside, the one thing that irked me about this film, was that given the strong link to mathematics, how unbelievable some of the dialogue was regarding the 'math. While Gwyneth's and Hopkins' characters pulled off a sense of mathematical intelligence, Jake's character hardly said anything mathematically competent and even came across as flustered in expressing himself mathematically leaving me feeling cheated. In my view, this is chiefly the fault of the screenplay but to a lesser extent in the actor's portrayal. Ignore this rather small point, and this movie passes with flying colours. Q.E.D.