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"Is there a formula for love?"

2015 1h 51m EN

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6.7

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★6.7TMDB · 628

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Struggling to connect with those around him, a teenage math prodigy trains for the International Mathematical Olympiad, where a budding romance with a fellow contestant breaks through his emotional walls and teaches him that love cannot be calculated.

“Is there a formula for love?”

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Cast

Asa Butterfield
Nathan Ellis
Rafe Spall
Martin Humphreys
Sally Hawkins
Julie Ellis
Eddie Marsan
Richard
Jo Yang
Zhang Mei
Alex Lawther
Isaac Cooper
Alexa Davies
Rebecca Dunn
Martin McCann
Michael Ellis

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Morgan Matthews
Writers: James Graham, Morgan Matthews
Languages: English
Countries: United Kingdom

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ERA

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Released 11 years ago.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Morgan Matthews, shot by Danny Cohen. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Martin Phipps. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Peter Lambert shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Asa Butterfield and Rafe Spall and Sally Hawkins carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Is there a formula for love?".

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IMDB entry: tt3149038 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Morgan Matthews directs. Danny Cohen behind the camera. Martin Phipps scores. Peter Lambert cuts. Produced in United Kingdom. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

1Released 11 years ago.
2Directed by Morgan Matthews, shot by Danny Cohen. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by Martin Phipps. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Peter Lambert shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Asa Butterfield and Rafe Spall and Sally Hawkins carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "Is there a formula for love?".
7IMDB entry: tt3149038 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Classified under 8 themes, including "autism", "mathematics", "child prodigy", "based on true story".

The technical file

Cinematography: Danny Cohen
Original score: Martin Phipps
Editing: Peter Lambert
Production design: Richard Bullock
Costume design: Suzanne Cave
Makeup / hair: Sue Wyburgh
Sound: Jack Gillies
Stunt coordinator: Gary Arthurs
Runtime: 111 min · 1h 51m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Box office: $1,043,620
Original language: EN
Certification (US): NR
IMDB: X+Y (2015)

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Reno2015-09-24
★ 6/10
Can you give up what you're good at for a girl. I was fascinated by its storyline, reviews and ratings, but it did not deliver what I was expected. In fact, it fell simple and dull because of the end. Some people will accept it, but not me. For me it was neither good nor bad. Sometimes I don't care even it was cliched conclusion, if it's the best thing for the story to have. So this film tried to avoid it and there I lost my interest in this. Like I said the initial parts were very good. Had a very good character called Nathan, a teenage mathematics prodigy. The movie narrates his journey to prepare for participating in one of the most prestigious international competition to represent his country. He gets trained by a finest teacher in the country and remaining tells whether he makes it or not. Actually the film was partially based on one of the Britain's participants from the 2006's IMO, short for International Mathematical Olympiad. Directed by a documentary filmmaker who was inspired by one of his films based on the same theme involving the original main character from this movie. It's not a biography or a completely based on the real, it just inspired and changed entirely for the cinematic presentation. I thought, it was about a genius boy and the competition, but the romance track overhauled and took me as a surprise. Not bad at all, I liked the way the girl and the boy getting to know each other, like similar to the cultural exchange program. Excluding the ending part, it was a good film. That's what I felt, maybe it will be an awesome film for you. The only way to find out is to check it out by yourself. 6/10

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