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Proof

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Catherine (Gwyneth Paltrow) is a 27-year-old grieving after the loss of her father (Anthony Hopkins), a genius mathematician whose mind gradually deteriorated from mental illness. With her sister, Claire (Hope Davis), urging Catherine to leave their family home, and an ambitious student (Jake Gyllenhaal) searching through her father's notes, Catherine struggles to keep her composure and her sanity in this drama adapted from the stage play by David Auburn.
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Gwyneth Paltrow and Anthony Hopkins give exceptional performances in a film that intelligently tackles the territory between madness and genius.

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Zadie Smith Daily Telegraph (UK) 01/17/2018
It's that breed of verbal swordplay that so impresses on stage while seeming so redundant and brittle on screen. Go to Full Review
Victoria Segal New Statesman 09/26/2017
... Proof seems like no more than a fraction of a cinematic experience, a string of emotional calculations that fails to provide a satisfying solution. Go to Full Review
Scott Tobias AV Club 11/25/2006
Madden stages the action with a minimum of imagination and gets a career-worst performance out of Davis in a key role, but the material still sputters to life on the strength of the writing and Paltrow's commitment to the part. Go to Full Review
PJ Nabarro Patrick Nabarro 06/03/2020
1/5
An unlovely film about an unlovely group of people. Go to Full Review
Joshua Starnes ComingSoon.net 04/25/2011
5/10
Proof is a smart film, but it tries too hard. It wears its heart on its sleeve, and the pathos becomes a bit much because there is little to balance it out. Go to Full Review
Felix Vasquez Jr. Cinema Crazed 08/20/2010
A limp, and utterly pointless melodrama that's never as intelligent as it thinks. Go to Full Review
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Kyle M Jul 7 Evokes a comforting sense of insightful realism amid the performative grapple throughout this bland melodrama, resulting in a mere showcase chemistry mixture bonding over plot engagement. (B-) See more Jeffrey P Jun 19 Well performed and it wasn’t a bore, but ultimately it was much ado about nothing. See more Lucy B 07/18/2024 This is one of those not for everyone, not universally liked, sleepers for me. I will preface this and say I hate Paltrow. Long before Goop I thought she was a terrible actress and now I also think she’s a terrible human. Even with that this is a film I come back to time and again and is a favorite. I understand the main character. I feel her pain and struggle. After countless watches this still always gets a tear and I love it. See more KerryWhite's S @KerryWhite77 08/13/2023 Rating: 7/10. 74/100 See more Ken R 07/04/2023 Proof – Top Grade As motion picture studies of mental illness go, Proof would have to be regarded as one of the better attempts. All central performances are on target with Paltrow and Hopkins pulling out all stops, bringing their father-daughter character's personal dilemmas sharply into believable focus. John Madden's (Mrs Brown '97) assured direction keeps the details and pace in perfect harmony - while milking the nuances of the excellent screenplay (co-written by David Auburn from his Pulitzer Prize-winning play to full potential, at no time does this ever feel stagey. Proof is as entertaining as it is an intelligent observation of characters on the edge of understood normality - struggling to maintain their grip on reality and maintaining a sense of worth within the realm of society, and in this case, the world of mathematics. Production values are superior, featuring cinematography by Award nominated DOP Alwin H. Küchler - while Oscar-winning composer Stephen Warbeck won the Georges Delerue Award for his fine score. Superior entertainment. Note: An in-context, sex scene makes it more recommended for a mature audience. See more ashley h @ashleyhobgood87 07/06/2022 Proof is an excellent film. It is about the daughter of a brilliant but mentally disturbed mathematician who tries to come to grips with her possible inheritance: his insanity. Gwyneth Paltrow and Anthony Hopkins give amazing performances. The screenplay is well written. John Madden did a great job directing this movie. I enjoyed watching this movie because of the drama and mystery. Proof is a must see. See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis Catherine (Gwyneth Paltrow) is a 27-year-old grieving after the loss of her father (Anthony Hopkins), a genius mathematician whose mind gradually deteriorated from mental illness. With her sister, Claire (Hope Davis), urging Catherine to leave their family home, and an ambitious student (Jake Gyllenhaal) searching through her father's notes, Catherine struggles to keep her composure and her sanity in this drama adapted from the stage play by David Auburn.
Director
John Madden
Producer
John Hart, Jeff Sharp, Robert Kessel
Screenwriter
David Auburn, David Auburn, Rebecca Miller
Distributor
Miramax Films
Production Co
Hart-Sharp Entertainment
Rating
PG-13 (Language|Drug Reference|Some Sexual Content)
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 23, 2005, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 8, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$7.5M
Runtime
1h 40m
Sound Mix
Surround, Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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