How did this film manage to get on the top 250?

Rating: 6/10 (18 January 2012)

While the acting is good, the story is hardly likely and contains inconsistencies. Will's mathematical "proofs" are really "solutions" to problems. The writers clearly know nothing of their subject matter, and have failed to consult sufficiently in an area outside their expertise. Furthermore, the "psychological" side of the story is simple and really contains nothing new or interesting (basically, it's the story of a normal guy who's had some issues in his life, who reads avidly and has a great interest in math, yet somehow does not even know the names of the theorems he makes use of in his "proofs"). Wishful thinking from people with little to no background in science, and ignorant enough to believe that Will's level of knowledge is possible without study. I put this movie on the same level as "The Girl Next Door": an adolescent movie whose entertainment value is due primarily to the distraction in provides.