An extraordinary film with more symbolism than you can shake a calculator at.

Rating: 10/10 (14 February 2004)

This is easily one of the greatest movies ever written and filmed. The images on screen speak volumes of the talent that Aronofsky possesses.
Maximillian Cohen is a brilliant man plagued with a terrible disability; he is a slave to numbers and patterns. Being that he is unfortunately skilled in such amazing mathematical ways, he naturally takes on a job in numerology, trying to find a pattern --a perfect number-- to predict the way the stock market will move.
Two different organizations are after that number as well, as it promises great power and wealth for both in their own ways. When Max catches on to the pattern, which he and his friend Sol had determined to be a simple bug, all hell breaks loose in Max's life.
The visuals and symbolism in this film are striking. One truly needs to watch it multiple times as it is an extraordinary film with more symbolism than you can shake a calculator at. Every touching frame and every stunning image leads up to Pi's dramatic and climactic ending which is bound to have you running to call your friends in shock of it all.
If there was ever a perfect film, I think I've found it.