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Sean Gullette
Mark Margolis
Ajay Naidu
Lauren Fox
Ben Shenkman

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A paranoid, genius mathmatician thinks he has discovered the key to all the universal patterns in nature. Soon he is pursued by a Hasidic Jewish sect looking to decode the 216-digit number of God's true name to Wall Street brokers hoping to crack the stock market. What he decides to do with the knowledge is the true shocker.

09/20/2008 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

90%

Action: 3/3 + Comedy: 1/2 + Good vs Evil: 1/1 + Love/Sex: 1/1 + Special Effects: 1/1 + Plot: 1/1 + Music: 1/1 = 90% or 9/10.

Pi is a number which has never been discovered to completion. Even computers have only rounded it to a few hundred decimal places. Similarly, there are other patterns with intial formulas that are not yet fully discovered: the stock market, numerology within religion.

The main figure here suffers as Icarus, who flew just close enough to the sun to crash and burn. He discovers an instance where his formula predicts the stcok market successfully and that's when special interest groups unravel his wings. Pi is tragic yet logistically very plausible. It is honest and is a fascinating take on those that aim too high.

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4/4 

09/19/2008 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

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The movie started off pretty strong but as the character’s madness started to set in, the movie got more random with each passing minute. I did like hearing about the math because most of the explanations about patterns did make sense, but when they tried to fuse the topic with religion, I just didn’t buy it because it’s too implausible (I actually caught my eyes rolling a couple of times). I feel like the director was trying too hard to fit everything together, but instead it all falls flat. The black and white, grainy look didn’t bother me at all. In fact, that’s what I like most about it because it’s stylish in its own way. It might, however, repel most casual viewers because there’s nothing much to look at. To me, the movie isn’t about the images anyway. It’s more about the idea and h...

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2/4