visually interesting

Rating: 8/10 (3 December 1999)

the best thing about this movie: lighting. the stark black and white contrast used worked excellently to illustrated the movie's theme mathematics and nature. the soundtrack worked well and the main drawback is the dialogue, which often came off as trite. the play "arcadia" by tom stoppard covered much of the same material with dialogue that was far superior, but "Pi" is a movie, and delivers what a movie should: compelling sight and sound.