Proof (2005) Critic Reviews
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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
Against considerable odds and despite a shaky start, Proof proves itself in every area.Read the full review
Proof is proof that you can drain most of the juice out of a play and still have an enjoyable night at the movies.Read the full review
Proof proves undeniably that the intimacy of a stage play can be re-created powerfully on screen.Read the full review
Hopkins' increasing disconnection with his fellow actors and the material nearly sabotages Proof, an otherwise-respectable adaptation of David Auburn's Pulitzer Prize-winning play.Read the full review
Gwyneth Paltrow is triumphant in this somewhat derivative and overly stage-bound film.Read the full review
Paltrow is pretty commanding, even if Madden pushes things toward airlessness by keeping the camera so tight.Read the full review
In Proof, Paltrow plays yet another young woman who is being gnawed at by termites of instability, only this time out, her performance, rather than startling, is merely competent: earnest and overly familiar.Read the full review
