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Rating: 8/10 (7 March 1999)

Unfortunately, I feel I am in the awkward and depressing position of having to criticize this movie - despite rating it an 8. The reason is because so many people rated it a 9 or 10.
I just couldn't root for anyone in this movie - except for Robin Williams. As I am not a huge Williams fan, that left me somewhat empty. None of the characters were particularly likeable.
Also, the premise was undermined by the fact that NO ONE on this planet can solve world class mathematical problems without training. No matter who you are, you have to know what the symbols mean in order to understand the problem and interpret it and express the answer - right?
Some of the scenes were very good - enough to recommend the movie, but this is a classic movie that I think of as "well done". However, if I never hear of it again or see any part of it again, I won't have missed a thing - and neither will you.