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Buy This Item Pi by Lions Gate  Available from Amazon  $10.99  on 11-27-2008     Patterns exist everywhere: in nature, in science, in religion, in business. Max Cohen (played hauntingly by Sean Gullette) is a mathematician searching for these patterns in everything. Yet, he's not the only one, and everyone from Wall Street investors, looking to break the market, to Hasidic Jews, searching for the 216-digit number that reveals the true name of God, are trying to get their hands on Max. This dark, low-budget film was shot in black and white by director Darren Aronofsky. With eerie music, voice-overs, and overt symbolism enhancing the somber mood, Aronofsky has created a disturbing look at the world. Max is deeply paranoid, holed up in his apartment with his computer Euclid, obsessively studying chaos theory. Blinding headaches and hallucinogenic visions only feed his paranoia as he attempts to remain aloof from the world, venturing out only to meet his mentor, Sol Robeson (Mark Margolis), who for some mysterious reason feels Max should take a break from his research. This movie is complex--occasionally <I>too</I> complex--but the psychological drama and the loose sci-fi elements make this a worthwhile, albeit consuming, watch. <I>Pi</I> won the Director's Award at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival. <I>--Jenny Brown</I> Reader Reviews I will be as fair as possible with my review. I will tell you right from the start that I did not watch the entire movie. The problem is, that I tried twice and couldn't stick it out to the end. I am a big movie buff and will usually watch just about any movie. Well, the first time I tried to watch Pi I decided to turn it off and see if there was something better on TV, because the movie was making me sleepy. Then, I attempted to watch it with my fiancee a couple of weeks later and we both fell asleep less than halfway into it. It is a very boring movie and I guess I don't have what it takes to stick it out and analyze it. I would encourage everyone to stay away from this movie.

Pi Available from Amazon Price: $10.99 Updated on 11-27-2008.

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