Proof
Miramax Films | Release Date: September 16, 2005 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
64
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 37 Critic Reviews
Positive:
27
Mixed:
10
Negative:
0
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60
EmpireAnna Smith
Paltrow does an excellent job as the shy loner, affecting youthful, sulky mannerisms without resorting to stereotype. Anthony Hopkins, meanwhile, brings both gravitas and dark humour as Catherine's mentally ill father, while Jake Gyllenhaal makes for an effective, if buff, maths geek. Read full review
50
Rolling StonePeter Travers
Madden directed Paltrow in the play on the London stage, but he does his "Shakespeare in Love" goddess no favors by filling the screen with big close-ups that betray the theatrical origins of the piece and drain the movie of life and urgency. Proof hasn't been filmed at all -- it's been embalmed. Read full review
50
The New YorkerAnthony Lane
What ensues is a devout communal effort, tricked out with various hops through time and space, to make us forget that it was a piece of theatre in the first place. Needless to say, the attempt is in vain. Read full review
50
Village VoiceDennis Lim
John Madden's competent, monotonous film version, not exactly stagebound but hardly freewheeling, only underscores its mechanical nature. Read full review
50
PremiereGlenn Kenny
The image of Gwyneth Paltrow looking anguish-stricken has become such a cinematic meme that it hardly bodes well for Proof that it opens with this sight. Read full review
50
SalonStephanie Zacharek
Proof isn't just a movie about mathematics; it's a mathematical movie. The scenes may as well have been laid out by diagram. Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneMichael Phillips
Madden honors the play's roots; he has not made the mistake of opening it up with a lot of obvious visual expansions. But the story's genial unpretentiousness has been darkened and weighed down, and what's left is less than prime. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
A goopy Gwyneth Paltrow movie. Read full review
40
Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern
I wish I could report the arrival of an impressive movie, but this one, for all its ostensibly big ideas about mathematics and wounded minds, struck me as an elaborate pretext for a synthetic love story.
40
The New York TimesManohla Dargis
It's funny how movies about smart people often play so dumb. Read full review
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