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Pi: Faith in Chaos

1998

Darren Aronofsky

Sean Gullette, Mark Margolis, Ben Shenkman, Pamela Hart ...

6.7

30,664

Mystery. Fantasy. Drama A paranoid mathematician searches for a key number that will unlock the universal patterns found in nature.

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"The seductive thing about Aronofsky's film is that it is halfway plausible in terms of modern physics and math (...) I am thrilled when a man risks his mind in the pursuit of a dangerous obsession (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Stephen Holden The New York Times	"As smart as it is, 'Pi' is awfully hard to watch (...) The thoughts thrown around in 'Pi' (...) couldn't be more opposed to the movie's chaotic style, but that may be the point."	NEU
United Kingdom	Martyn Glanville BBC	"Aronofsky's rapid cutting keeps the pace up and many of his visuals are genuinely unsettling (...) 'Pi' is a lesson to aspiring film makers everywhere: perfect your skills, be original, be bold (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Time Out	"Maths meets millennial doom in one of the decade's true originals."	POS
United Kingdom	Rob Mackie The Guardian	"A grubby black-and-white film of wild intensity. It defies categorisation (...) [Gullette] is a vastly more convincing maths genius than Matt Damon in 'Good Will Hunting'."	POS
United States	Paul Tatara CNN	"It contains too much math (...) Aronofsky's script is certainly something different, and, even with an ultra-low budget, he pours on lots of visual tricks"	NEU
United States	Scott Tobias AV Club	"True innovation doesn’t require anything fancy (...) The remarkable thing about 'Pi' is that his go-for-broke personal style was evident right out of the gate"	POS
United Kingdom	Kim Newman Empire	"With a lot of simple but effective optical and aural tricks to suggest the workings of Max's unusual mind, this is one of the most intimate movies in recent memory (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Dennis Harvey Variety	"'Willful obscurity becomes compelling (...) If his film leaves one unsatisfied, it’s still remarkable to what extent Aronofsky has rendered the cerebral kinetically intense."	NEU
United States	Rita Kempley The Washington Post	"A frantically stylish, often fascinating fable (...) It's primarily a brain teaser, obtuse and ultimately limited in its emotional impact."	NEU

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