02 July, 2006
Proof
PROOF
Another mathmatician movie. But this one is not like Pi or A Beautiful Mind, at least not beyond the crazy mathmatician part ;)
It begins with Catherine, her father Robert, her sister Claire, and Hal, a student of Robert's. Robert, a world famous mathmatician, has just passed away. Catherine had spent the last years of his life caring for him, even dropping out of college to do so (he was mentally unstable).
Claire returns home for the funeral with plans of taking Catherine back to NYC to care for... she believes that Catherine suffers from the same mental instability as her father. Also, Hal searched through Robert's notebooks, he believes that they are not just the ramblings of a crazed man, but some where contain a last hurrah, a new mathmatical proof.
As you might guess there is plenty of conflict between Catherine, Claire, and Hal. As the story unfolds the viewer learns much of about Catherine and Robert's lives as she cared for him (including her dropping out of college).
I really enjoyed this film and even got a few chuckles as I thought about a friend of mine who happens to have a B.S. in Math... especially after a character in the movie stated that a mathmatician was "on the downhill slope" at 26 years of age... that is a mathmatician's best work is done before they turn 26 years old! (remember this movie is fictional)
Overall, I would give this film a Rampage rating for... well, I just do. No explanation.
Another mathmatician movie. But this one is not like Pi or A Beautiful Mind, at least not beyond the crazy mathmatician part ;)
It begins with Catherine, her father Robert, her sister Claire, and Hal, a student of Robert's. Robert, a world famous mathmatician, has just passed away. Catherine had spent the last years of his life caring for him, even dropping out of college to do so (he was mentally unstable).
Claire returns home for the funeral with plans of taking Catherine back to NYC to care for... she believes that Catherine suffers from the same mental instability as her father. Also, Hal searched through Robert's notebooks, he believes that they are not just the ramblings of a crazed man, but some where contain a last hurrah, a new mathmatical proof.
As you might guess there is plenty of conflict between Catherine, Claire, and Hal. As the story unfolds the viewer learns much of about Catherine and Robert's lives as she cared for him (including her dropping out of college).
I really enjoyed this film and even got a few chuckles as I thought about a friend of mine who happens to have a B.S. in Math... especially after a character in the movie stated that a mathmatician was "on the downhill slope" at 26 years of age... that is a mathmatician's best work is done before they turn 26 years old! (remember this movie is fictional)
Overall, I would give this film a Rampage rating for... well, I just do. No explanation.
# posted by Patrick Wellner : Sunday, July 02, 2006
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Ouch! Good thing I went for the Computer Science minor instead of the Math minor, or I'd be only 1.5 years away from the downhill slope!
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