Proof
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- Synopsis
- A woman struggles to come to terms with the potentially dangerous legacy of her late father in this drama based on the award-winning stage play by David Auburn....
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- Starring
- Gwyneth Paltrow, Anthony Hopkins, Jake Gyllenhaal, Hope Davis
- Director(s)
- John Madden
- Distributor(s)
- Miramax
- MPAA Rating
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 100 min.
Critic Reviews
An extraordinary thriller... The film centers on two remarkable performances, by Gwyneth Paltrow and Hope Davis.Read the full review
The material is intellectual, but the treatment is not. Proof is a stirring motion picture that challenges our views on a great many things about life, some of which we take for granted. And, by opening up the play, Madden has made it less talky and more cinematic without losing the quintessential elements that made it such a success on stage.Read the full review
But despite less-than-ideal casting of the male roles, and a tendency to soften the Pulitzer Prize-winning work's thorny humor with a more sober tone, director John Madden has woven together an elegant, intelligent drama of a breed increasingly rare in mainstream American movies.Read the full review
