A missed opportunity....

Rating: 5/10 (10 August 1999)

The first half of this film was genuinely intriguing - a fascinating set of characters and problems had been defined, and I was eagerly looking forward to the conclusion.
Then it all went wrong.
Irrational character changes, overly complex mathematical obsession, stereotypical pseudo-Rain Man genius, and perhaps worst of all, a complete failure of an ending - particularly when the essence of the entire film had been about achieving that ending.
The hard film-making work had been done - all that remained to be done was to bring it to a finish to achieve a very good film.
Unfortunately, they failed - and the result is mediocrity.
Only 5 out of 10 (should have been 9/10)