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Movie critics combined give Proof (2005) a score of 2.7915 out of 4
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Proof (2005) scores a combined 2.43 out of 4 stars for Chicago Tribune (Michael Phillips)Chicago Tribune (Michael Phillips)
...read the complete Proof movie review at Chicago Tribune (Michael Phillips)
Proof (2005) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Empire (Anna Smith)Empire (Anna Smith)
A subtle, slow-burning mystery that does justice to its themes of identity, sanity and sacrifice. ...read the complete Proof movie review at Empire (Anna Smith)
Proof (2005) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for La Presse, Montréal (--)La Presse, Montréal (--)
...read the complete Proof movie review at La Presse, Montréal (--)
Proof (2005) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Empire Magazine (--)Empire Magazine (--)
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Proof (2005) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Boxoffice Magazine (Annlee Ellingson)Boxoffice Magazine (Annlee Ellingson)
The freedom film affords has allowed Auburn and co-writer Rebecca Miller ( The Ballad of Jack and Rose ) to open up the material and, remarkably, deepen it, adding a layer of pathos to Catherine's angst. ...read the complete Proof movie review at Boxoffice Magazine (Annlee Ellingson)
Proof (2005) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for RTE Interactive (Dublin, Ireland) (Harry Guerin)RTE Interactive (Dublin, Ireland) (Harry Guerin)
Proof is something of a puzzle, an all-star drama that has the feel of a Sunday afternoon film. Think curiosity, not must see. ...read the complete Proof movie review at RTE Interactive (Dublin, Ireland) (Harry Guerin)
Proof (2005) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for The New Republic (Stanley Kauffmann)The New Republic (Stanley Kauffmann)
To play for an audience of one that is only a few feet away is different in concentration and shade from playing in the theater, and Madden, though the script lags a bit, has nonetheless helped his actors to render what were once theater scenes as film ...read the complete Proof movie review at The New Republic (Stanley Kauffmann)
Proof (2005) scores a combined 2.37 out of 4 stars for Cinepassion.orgCinepassion.org
...read the complete Proof movie review at Cinepassion.org
Proof (2005) scores a combined 2.28 out of 4 stars for Voir.ca Voir.ca
...read the complete Proof movie review at Voir.ca
Proof (2005) scores a combined 2.26 out of 4 stars for Cinema 2000 (Eurico de Barros)Cinema 2000 (Eurico de Barros)
...read the complete Proof movie review at Cinema 2000 (Eurico de Barros)
Proof (2005) scores a combined 2.19 out of 4 stars for Xi-online (Jelte Zonneveld)Xi-online (Jelte Zonneveld)
...read the complete Proof movie review at Xi-online (Jelte Zonneveld)
Proof (2005) scores a combined 2.16 out of 4 stars for Boxoffice MagazineBoxoffice Magazine
...read the complete Proof movie review at Boxoffice Magazine
Proof (2005) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Worcester Telegram & Gazette (Daniel M. Kimmel)Worcester Telegram & Gazette (Daniel M. Kimmel)
Although it probably worked a lot better on the stage... Proof is an intriguing story. ...read the complete Proof movie review at Worcester Telegram & Gazette (Daniel M. Kimmel)
Proof (2005) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Globe and Mail (Rick Groen)Globe and Mail (Rick Groen)
The result, like so many stout travellers from stage to screen, is respectable. Stolidly, bloodlessly, yawningly respectable. ...read the complete Proof movie review at Globe and Mail (Rick Groen)
Proof (2005) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Duane Dudek)Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Duane Dudek)
What was perfectly calibrated and compelling on stage seems mechanical and perfunctory on film. ...read the complete Proof movie review at Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Duane Dudek)
Proof (2005) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Sun Publications (Chicago, IL) (Josh Larsen)Sun Publications (Chicago, IL) (Josh Larsen)
You get the feeling (Paltrow) craves emotionally traumatic scenes in which snot can drip from her character's nose. ...read the complete Proof movie review at Sun Publications (Chicago, IL) (Josh Larsen)
Proof (2005) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for San Francisco Chronicle (Mick LaSalle)San Francisco Chronicle (Mick LaSalle)
Somewhere in the translation from stage to screen, David Auburn's powerful Pulitzer Prize-winning play was transformed into a goopy Gwyneth Paltrow movie. ...read the complete Proof movie review at San Francisco Chronicle (Mick LaSalle)
Proof (2005) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Contra Costa Times (Randy Myers)Contra Costa Times (Randy Myers)
Somehow the formula fails. Almost everyone involved in this production seems to be off their game. ...read the complete Proof movie review at Contra Costa Times (Randy Myers)
Proof (2005) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Newsday (Jan Stuart)Newsday (Jan Stuart)
Proof, the movie, is alive and sulking. ...read the complete Proof movie review at Newsday (Jan Stuart)
Proof (2005) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
The sparks go out in John Madden's film version, with a script by Auburn and Rebecca Miller and starring a wan Gwyneth Paltrow. ...read the complete Proof movie review at Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
Proof (2005) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Toronto Star (Susan Walker)Toronto Star (Susan Walker)
The emotional heft of Proof is considerable, even with some problems inadequately worked out. ...read the complete Proof movie review at Toronto Star (Susan Walker)
Proof (2005) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Los Angeles Daily News (Glenn Whipp)Los Angeles Daily News (Glenn Whipp)
Too much of this adaptation of David Auburn's Pulitzer Prize-winning play feels static, staged and largely unbelievable. ...read the complete Proof movie review at Los Angeles Daily News (Glenn Whipp)
Proof (2005) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Newark Star-Ledger (Stephen Whitty)Newark Star-Ledger (Stephen Whitty)
Proof is like its own page of badly done math homework. It shows all work, all right. But it feels cribbed from an answer sheet. And it never proves a thing. ...read the complete Proof movie review at Newark Star-Ledger (Stephen Whitty)
Proof (2005) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Salt Lake Tribune (Sean Means)Salt Lake Tribune (Sean Means)
Paltrow and Davis give remarkable performances... [but] Hopkins, playing a man dealing with his mental decline, is overly imperious, too much lion and not enough winter. ...read the complete Proof movie review at Salt Lake Tribune (Sean Means)
Proof (2005) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Minneapolis Star Tribune (Colin Covert)Minneapolis Star Tribune (Colin Covert)
The story's emotional stakes are such a grab bag that it's difficult to feel much urgency about the outcome. ...read the complete Proof movie review at Minneapolis Star Tribune (Colin Covert)
Proof (2005) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Kansas City Star (Robert W. Butler)Kansas City Star (Robert W. Butler)
Despite a great cast and an interesting premise, Proof feels more like an outline for a movie than the real thing. ...read the complete Proof movie review at Kansas City Star (Robert W. Butler)
Proof (2005) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Steve RhodesSteve Rhodes
Some plays are better left as plays. As my proof of this theory, I present PROOF, which is as tedious on the big screen as it probably was gripping in the intimacy of a theater. While I have little doubt that viewers who have already seen and fallen in ...read the complete Proof movie review at Steve Rhodes
Proof (2005) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for The Independent (Anthony Quinn)The Independent (Anthony Quinn)
...read the complete Proof movie review at The Independent (Anthony Quinn)
Proof (2005) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Village Voice (Dennis Lim)Village Voice (Dennis Lim)
John Madden's competent, monotonous film version, not exactly stagebound but hardly freewheeling, only underscores its mechanical nature. ...read the complete Proof movie review at Village Voice (Dennis Lim)
Proof (2005) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Salon.com (Stephanie Zacharek)Salon.com (Stephanie Zacharek)
Proof isn't just a movie about mathematics; it's a mathematical movie. The scenes may as well have been laid out by diagram. ...read the complete Proof movie review at Salon.com (Stephanie Zacharek)
Proof (2005) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Chicago Tribune (Michael Phillips)Chicago Tribune (Michael Phillips)
Madden honors the play's roots; he has not made the mistake of opening it up with a lot of obvious visual expansions. But the story's genial unpretentiousness has been darkened and weighed down, and what's left is less than prime. ...read the complete Proof movie review at Chicago Tribune (Michael Phillips)
Proof (2005) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for San Francisco Chronicle (Mick LaSalle)San Francisco Chronicle (Mick LaSalle)
A goopy Gwyneth Paltrow movie. ...read the complete Proof movie review at San Francisco Chronicle (Mick LaSalle)
Proof (2005) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
Madden directed Paltrow in the play on the London stage, but he does his "Shakespeare in Love" goddess no favors by filling the screen with big close-ups that betray the theatrical origins of the piece and drain the movie of life and urgency. Proof ...read the complete Proof movie review at Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
Proof (2005) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Premiere (Glenn Kenny)Premiere (Glenn Kenny)
The image of Gwyneth Paltrow looking anguish-stricken has become such a cinematic meme that it hardly bodes well for Proof that it opens with this sight. ...read the complete Proof movie review at Premiere (Glenn Kenny)
Proof (2005) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
...read the complete Proof movie review at Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
Proof (2005) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)
Paltrow is left alone, much like Catherine, suffering and longing for someone — anyone — to come up to her level. No one ever does. ...read the complete Proof movie review at Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)
Proof (2005) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Denver Post (Michael Booth)Denver Post (Michael Booth)
Flattened onto the screen ... everybody always seems to be saying exactly the wrong thing to poor Gwyneth, which gives her the right to be insufferable. ...read the complete Proof movie review at Denver Post (Michael Booth)
Proof (2005) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (John Beifuss)Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (John Beifuss)
Among the startling revelations: Math is precise but life is sloppy. ...read the complete Proof movie review at Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (John Beifuss)
Proof (2005) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Seattle Times (Misha Berson)Seattle Times (Misha Berson)
A respectable but mild, drab little film. ...read the complete Proof movie review at Seattle Times (Misha Berson)
Proof (2005) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for New York Times (Manohla Dargis)New York Times (Manohla Dargis)
Gwyneth Paltrow plays the daughter of a famous dead mathematician in John Maddens terribly serious film adaptation of the much-admired Broadway play. ...read the complete Proof movie review at New York Times (Manohla Dargis)
Proof (2005) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Las Vegas Weekly (Josh Bell)Las Vegas Weekly (Josh Bell)
It's not just that [Paltrow] has trouble playing the part of a math genius; she seems to have trouble at times playing the part of a human being. ...read the complete Proof movie review at Las Vegas Weekly (Josh Bell)
Proof (2005) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Movies for the Masses (Joseph Proimakis)Movies for the Masses (Joseph Proimakis)
full review in Greek ...read the complete Proof movie review at Movies for the Masses (Joseph Proimakis)
Proof (2005) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for IGN Movies (Jeff Otto)IGN Movies (Jeff Otto)
Strong performances distract from an often convoluted story. ...read the complete Proof movie review at IGN Movies (Jeff Otto)
Proof (2005) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for The New York Times (Manohla Dargis)The New York Times (Manohla Dargis)
It's funny how movies about smart people often play so dumb. ...read the complete Proof movie review at The New York Times (Manohla Dargis)
Proof (2005) scores a combined 1.50 out of 4 stars for filmcritic.com (Sean O'Connell)filmcritic.com (Sean O'Connell)
...read the complete Proof movie review at filmcritic.com (Sean O'Connell)
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