Pi is an interesting film. Not a particularly good one, but interesting nonetheless.
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05/09/04
Pi (1997)
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Reviews Counted:49
Fresh:41
Rotten:8
Average Rating:7.1/10
Consensus: Dramatically gripping and frighteningly smart, this Lynchian thriller does wonders with its unlikely subject and shoestring budget.
Runtime: 85 mins
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
Synopsis: Low-budget film that won Darren Aronofsky "Best Director" at 1998's Sundance Film Festival. Gritty, inventive black-and-white photography drives this story of genius mathematician Max Cohen who is... [More]
Starring: Sean Gullette, Ben Shenkman, Mark Margolis, Pamela Hart
Director: Darren Aronofsky
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Reviews for Pi
The cinematic equivalent of a full-bore panic attack, sweaty palms, rapid heartbeat, and all.
01/01/00
Pi is certainly about the burden of genius, but it very well may also be about mythical powers and faulty dogma in Judaism.
07/09/09
Pi is a lesson to aspiring film makers everywhere: perfect your skills, be original, be bold. It's a pity young British directors aren't making films as unique and imaginative as this. Startlingly good cinema.
04/17/01
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03/24/02
Disturbing, exhilarating, and sure to send anyone of conservative temperament scuttling from the room.
03/29/09
Pi turns what should be a metaphoric relationship into a stupefyingly literal-minded thriller.
01/01/00
The seductive thing about Aronofsky's film is that it is halfway plausible in terms of modern physics and math.
01/01/00
Top CriticFilm fans who long for intellectual muscle have reason to hail Mr. Aronofsky for plunging into the mysteries of knowledge, power and the nature of God.
10/15/02
Embora Aronofsky cometa excessos visuais em alguns momentos (tendência comprovada em seu trabalho seguinte, Réquiem para um Sonho), sua eficiente direção, a ótima edição e o inteligente roteiro transformam Pi em um filme singular.
08/07/03
Both story and style reveal the calculations of an artist so desperate to get noticed that he forgot to cover his id.
08/21/09
When the Torah is explained in mathematical terms, it's enough to make you want to take up second year trig - like the movie, a deeply flawed idea.
05/18/09
Destined to pick up a cult following.
01/17/03
Eureka! This movie is the ultimate portrayal of the numbers racket -- a slice of pi that as sci-fi fantasy really does cut it and makes us hunger fort desserts in store as a sequel to this promising debut by Mr. Aronofsky.
01/01/00
Who knew mathematics and numerology could be so engrossing?
01/01/00
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01/01/00
Top Critic...like the value for pi, which has been calculated to one billion decimal places and counting, it does not fail to generate curiosity and speculation.
05/07/01
Pay attention!
01/01/00
Shot in grainy, high-contrast black-and-white with a lot of simple but effective optical and aural tricks to suggest the workings of Max's unusual mind, this is one of the most intimate movies in recent memory.
01/01/00
Perhaps as a short, Pi could have proved engaging, but stretched to feature length it becomes repetitive and unwieldy.
01/01/00
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