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Faulty Mathnew
As with many film adaptations of stage successes, David Auburn's Pulitzer Prize-winning play about mathematics and madness loses something in its translation to celluloid.
Austin Chronicle |
Steve Davis |
10-06-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: John Madden, Proof
Proof Positivenew
In the tradition of A Beautiful Mind and Good Will Hunting comes Proof, a psychological drama about a math genius and the people who worship, care for, and endure him.
Miami New Times |
Melissa Levine |
10-03-2005 |
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Go Figurenew
A filmed adaptation of a four-character play about math wizardry seems doomed to wallow in esoterica, but Proof is at its strongest the closer it veers toward the multiplication tables.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
09-30-2005 |
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Tags: Proof, John Madden, James D. Stern
Math Whiznew
Proof wields more talent than credence.
Boston Phoenix |
Carolyn Clay |
09-22-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: John Madden, Proof
Film Loses Something in Translation from Stage to Screennew
Ideas treated so passionately in David Auburn's play -- like the thin line separating madness and genius, for instance -- are hardly given the focus they deserve in John Madden's truncated Proof.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
09-22-2005 |
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Tags: John Madden, Proof
