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Proof (2005)

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Average Rating: 6.4/10
Reviews Counted: 139
Fresh: 87 | Rotten: 52

Gwyneth Paltrow and Anthony Hopkins give exceptional performances in a film that intelligently tackles the territory between madness and genius.

Average Rating: 6.4/10
Critic Reviews: 35
Fresh: 21 | Rotten: 14

Gwyneth Paltrow and Anthony Hopkins give exceptional performances in a film that intelligently tackles the territory between madness and genius.

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A woman struggles to come to terms with the potentially dangerous legacy of her late father in this drama based on the award-winning stage play by David Auburn. Catherine (Gwyneth Paltrow) is a woman in her late twenties who is strongly devoted to her father, Robert (Anthony Hopkins), a brilliant and well-known mathematician. While Robert's skill in the world of numbers still appears to be strong, his grip on reality begins to slip away, and as Robert descends into madness, Catherine begins to

PG-13, 1 hr. 40 min.

Drama

Directed By: John Madden

Written By: David Auburn, Rebecca Miller

In Theaters: Sep 16, 2005 Limited

On DVD: Feb 14, 2006

Box Office:$7.5M

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Critic Reviews for Proof

All Critics (141) | Top Critics (35) | Fresh (88) | Rotten (55) | DVD (18)

Madden does a competent job transferring the film from stage to screen.

December 24, 2005 Full Review Source: Arizona Republic

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Bill Muller

Arizona Republic

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Few movies regard the psyche with such sober discernment.

October 1, 2005 Full Review Source: Houston Chronicle

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Amy Biancolli

Houston Chronicle

Top Critic

The result, like so many stout travellers from stage to screen, is respectable. Stolidly, bloodlessly, yawningly respectable.

September 30, 2005 Full Review Source: Globe and Mail

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Rick Groen

Globe and Mail

Top Critic

Once you get past that golden swag and curtain of hair, Paltrow's performance is devastating, cutting to the pith and marrow of parent-child relations.

September 28, 2005 Comment

Carrie Rickey

Philadelphia Inquirer

Top Critic

Miscast yet marvelous, Paltrow and the rest of the cast hold you to the movie, even when you intuitively sense something is lacking.

September 28, 2005 Full Review Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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Eleanor Ringel Gillespie

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Top Critic

Paltrow is pretty commanding, even if Madden pushes things toward airlessness by keeping the camera so tight. The anguish on that lovely, haggard face -- you're right there with her, yearning for the moment you both can finally breathe.

September 23, 2005 Full Review Source: Washington Post

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Nelson Pressley

Washington Post

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Proof is a smart film, but it tries too hard. It wears its heart on its sleeve, and the pathos becomes a bit much because there is little to balance it out.

April 25, 2011 Full Review Source: ComingSoon.net

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Joshua Starnes

ComingSoon.net

Timid staging faithful adaptation = no cinema

September 1, 2009 Full Review Source: CinePassion

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Fernando F. Croce

CinePassion

Sometimes insightful, sometimes banal. For teens and up.

July 24, 2008 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media

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Cynthia Fuchs

Common Sense Media

offers a convincing demonstration of the theorem that good writing and sensitive performances can equal an engaging and nuanced piece of cinema.

August 2, 2007 Full Review Source: Eye for Film

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Anton Bitel

Eye for Film

Madden stages the action with a minimum of imagination and gets a career-worst performance out of Davis in a key role, but the material still sputters to life on the strength of the writing and Paltrow's commitment to the part.

November 25, 2006 Full Review Source: AV Club

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Scott Tobias

AV Club

full review in Greek

October 3, 2006 Full Review Source: Movies for the Masses

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Joseph Proimakis

Movies for the Masses

As a story about personal and family dysfunction, and about coming to terms with life's uncertainties, Proof isn't bad.

September 27, 2006 Comment

Peter T. Chattaway

Christianity Today Source: Christianity Today

A subtle, slow-burning mystery that does justice to its themes of identity, sanity and sacrifice.

April 1, 2006 Full Review Source: Empire Magazine

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Anna Smith

Empire Magazine

An elegant adaptation to the screen, with the play's qualities largely intact and great performances from Paltrow and Hope Davis, as her sister. Jake Gyllenhaal and Anthony Hopkins complete a dream cast.

March 17, 2006 Full Review Source: Sydney Morning Herald

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Paul Byrnes

Sydney Morning Herald

Proof is something of a puzzle, an all-star drama that has the feel of a Sunday afternoon film. Think curiosity, not must see.

March 15, 2006 Full Review Source: RTE Interactive (Dublin, Ireland)

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Harry Guerin

RTE Interactive (Dublin, Ireland) Source: RTE Interactive (Dublin, Ireland)

Intense and compelling, Proof is an absorbing film that shows the intricacies of the human mind are as complex as a mathematical equation.

March 10, 2006 Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile

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I cried when Jake Gyllenhaal didn't believe that Gwyneth Paltrow wrote the proof. So sue me. It was sad.I love that you don't know where this movie is going until it gets there. I turned cold when Gwyneth Paltrow read out Anthony Hopkins' "proof."

May 27, 2007

Jennifer Xu

Super Reviewer

This film has so much going for it. Gwyneth Paltrow plays the lead role, Anthony Hopkins is a minor, but important, supporting character, and the premise has tons of potential. This film wants so bad to be "A Beautiful Mind", but it has some serious problems with the direction its plot moves. Everything about the story

July 18, 2011

Jay Hutchinson

Super Reviewer

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