A bunch of numerical nonsense drive a nut nuttier

Rating: 5/10 (4 June 2005)

This is a black and white movie. It does not serve any real purpose and it happens at a time where there are a lot of movies filmed in black and white, so it's not even original.
I admit that I had read the IMDb comments before seeing this film and I expected so much more, but still, there is almost nothing there. A mathematician is working on a computer that would predict market fluctuations and he gets involved with a greedy Condoleeza Rice look-a-like and a bunch of insane rabbis that all somehow know about him and have faith that he found or at least he will find "the number". Since we all know the answer is 42, it does seem silly :)
No, seriously, there is a number that predicts market fluctuations, the spiral shape of snails and, oh yeah, it's the Hebrew name for god. Somehow, after watching this entire movie, I expected a very intelligent climax, something that will blow me away. It never came. The guy just finds out the part of the brain responsible for this obsession of his and puts a power drill through it. He finds happiness in ignorance. It's like Neo taking the other pill in Matrix.
Conclusion: you may like it, but then you must be smarter than I am. I felt like a complete idiot at the end of the movie. Either I didn't get it, or I just lost 84 minutes of my life with a completely nonsensical film. Either way I lose.