Genius but not really about math

Rating: 6/10 (25 February 2008)

While unquestionably a work of genius, this movie has some serious irreconcilable issues which force me to give it a thumbs down. Yes, it is a very well done mood piece on a small budget, and Aronofsky went on to do brilliant work in Requiem for a Dream, which shows that given real material he can do great things. But the plot line here is torn between a descent into insanity, done very well, a numerology conspiracy, which was pretty silly, and a commentary on the nature of math, which was just insulting to anyone who has any real knowledge of math. Don't think this movie has some parallel to Memento or Primer, which actually do have intricate plots, as the only plot here is coincidental insanity in the lead character and several others.