Indie film puts all the pieces together

Rating: 10/10 (29 December 2000)

Pi is one of the most fascinating intellectual thrillers I've seen. I love the black-and-white, high contrast film it was shot on - it lends an amazingly intensity to a film that's already wound about as tight as you can get. The imagery and cinematography are also excellent, shaping the film around the jagged script. Some people won't understand this film or be able to appreciate the characters through the often bizarre, broken scenes - if you let the movie unfold and try to keep up, it reveals itself as a marvelous independent project.