Starts of good, then becomes a mess

Rating: 4/10 (17 October 2003)

Pi started of interestingly enough - the idea of the whole world being representable by numbers, and thus the stock market being predictable, is - while not exactly new - a good enough theory to base a story (or in this case a film) on. The twist later on, when Max learns that the religious Jews are looking for the same number for different reasons still holds some interest. A bit later however, the movie complete falls apart. It seems the director/writer didn't actually plan the whole thing out - so therefore he resorts to disjointed scenes, some meaningless shock effects and a completely implausible climax to end his film. Some may say, there is some deeper meaning behind the incomprehensible second half of this picture - I do not believe that is the case... 4/10