I liked this movie very much, but I find the way in which Hollywood usually portrays mathematicians to be rather embarrassing, clumsy and unrealistic. Such characters are often approached with some sort of reverential fear and cautiousness, as if mathematicians were spiritual or religious mystics: what a paradox!
Hopkins' character is unfortunately no exception.
Gyllenhaal's cocky character, on the other hand, is curiously overconfident, impulsive and outgoing for a typical Maths grad.
Paltrow's fascinating and truly likable character is the one of a young girl who is both strengthened and stifled by her father's overbearing intellectual personality and her close relationship with him.
Their strong bond has given her the skills to assert herself individually and intellectually, but she is still considerably hesitant and insecure in the social and interpersonal sphere.
Her frustrated, scheming and calculating sister tries to take advantage of Paltrow's intense grief and of her shyness and insecurity in order to kick her out of her father's house to sell it for her sole profit.
Hopkins' character is unfortunately no exception.
Gyllenhaal's cocky character, on the other hand, is curiously overconfident, impulsive and outgoing for a typical Maths grad.
Paltrow's fascinating and truly likable character is the one of a young girl who is both strengthened and stifled by her father's overbearing intellectual personality and her close relationship with him.
Their strong bond has given her the skills to assert herself individually and intellectually, but she is still considerably hesitant and insecure in the social and interpersonal sphere.
Her frustrated, scheming and calculating sister tries to take advantage of Paltrow's intense grief and of her shyness and insecurity in order to kick her out of her father's house to sell it for her sole profit.