Avoid

Rating: 1/10 (21 January 2005)

PI is one of the few movies where I have walked out in boredom part-way thru the showing. Tempted in by a glowing review, citing the film as something approaching classic perplexing art-house, I suspected after the first five minutes that the reviewer must have been mistaken. Or was on the production crew! Honestly, I've patience for and interest in art-house when it's done well, but in my opinion this film really doesn't even begin to cut it. This movie is ninety odd minutes of rambling, aimless doodle. It doesn't even get by on the fact that it's shot on grainy 16mm Tri-X film. Quite how it ever got financed boggles my imagination. Embarrassingly bad. Definitely not recommended. Avoid.