Kim Gentes

Still looking for some proof....

I went to this film with relatively average hopes.. Gwyneth Paltrow has never really impressed me, and this film doesn't help her any. She doesn't do a very good job at convincing anyone of the conflict and tension her character is supposed to be going through (contrast this to Jodie Fosters superb work in the otherwise weak film of Flightplan). Paltrow is mildly emotional, but lacking any realism or intensity in her portrayal of a 20-something daughter of a legendary mathematician, who has died in a state of weakening mental health. The tension is supposed to be that Paltrows character is feared to have inheritted the madness from her father (played by Anthony Hopkins). But Paltrow lacks the ability as an actress to pull off this kind of character sketch with out a superb dialog and script.

The story here is reasonable, an actually enjoyable in its execution, but both Paltrow and her love-interest (played by Jake Gyllenhaal) leave the film adled for real talent in this mind-centered film.

I liked what they did to develop the story, but its too bad the characters couldn't cut the mustard.

See this if you always wanted to be a great mathematician, but instead chose to take up a career in film. Once you see it, go make something better, or go back to the math department.