Believable madness, unbelievable theory

Rating: Null/10 (1 October 1998)

A supposedly genious mathematician tries to find a number which is the key to get a pattern from chaos, in exchange for his sanity---the plot sounds attractive. And his insanity is well depicted with good acting, cutting and sound effects.
However, I feel I missed the point. I'm no mathematician, but I can feel enormous beauty---almost terrific---in number theory, little of which is shown in the film. That made Max looked like a mere madman rather than a mathematician clever enough to drive him to mad.