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Plot: Proof, a brilliant allegory about trust, is at once mordantly funny, chilling, and touching. It keeps us off balance from the beginning, challenging our assumptions about everything from the a...( read more read more... )rt of filmmaking to the nature of human relationships. The tone is reminiscent of David Mamet and Harold Pinter, but Australian writer-director Jocelyn Moorhouse has a quirky outlook all her own. Hugo Weaving (later known as the villainous Agent Smith in The Matrix), plays Martin, a blind photographer who compulsively shoots photos as proof of the actuality of his existence. He relies on his spiteful housekeeper, Celia (Geneviève Picot), to tell him what's in his snapshots. But can he trust her to tell him the truth? Celia rearranges the furniture so Martin will trip over it. Why? Because she's in love with him. But Martin won't let her into his heart; he's never been able to trust anyone. Into this quagmire of mutual torment walks Andrew, a regular guy personified, to become the first real friend Martin has ever had. At this point the picture jumps up a notch, for Andrew is played by hunky, appealing young Russell Crowe, whose emotional range and star quality are already unmistakable. Just when we think that Proof has devolved into yet another feel-good buddy picture, the ground shifts again beneath our feet. There are no easy answers in this movie; that's the pleasure in it. --Laura Mirsky

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  • 3.5 Stars
    MCT:
    April 25, 2008
    Starring: Hugo Weaving, Geneviève Picot, Russell Crowe

    Story: Sex, seduction, manipulation, friendship, betrayal and the game of power that ensues, as a blind photographer learns to cope with trust issues and the people in his life.
  • 4.5 Stars
    MCT:
    December 21, 2007
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  • 5.0 Stars
    MCT:
    November 13, 2007
    This is an excellent Aussie black comedy that features terrific performances from both Hugo Weaving and Russell Crowe. The story is very original, it is beautifully written and the themes that film expresses are well explored. Also don't want to forget Genevieve Picot, who is also great as a Weaving's bitchy and manipulative housekeeper who gets in-between both of them. The direction is well done, the humour was funny and the overall result is very satisfying and enjoyable. Overall this is another prefect Aussie film that is definitely worth watching.
  • 4.0 Stars
    MCT:
    October 1, 2007
    A quiet movie, but I was got into it so much. Not too sentimental, but very sensitive and clever.
    Esp. I love the convesations taken between Andy and Martin. What Andy said about 'lies' and 'trust' at the ending part was awsome...
    Pleasure to see greate actores in this kind of fine indie film.
  • 4.0 Stars
    MCT:
    September 14, 2007
    I caught this this on IFC and was throuroughly entertained. Hugo Weaving was a brilliant revelation, and Crowe is a wonderfully sturdy supportive actor. I love stories that search for truth, and this one tells it's story humurously and dramatically. Proof, tangible and solid means evrything to weaving's blind character. He doesn't trust anyone until he meets Andy who takes the cynical blind man as he is. But can their friendship hold up against the wiles of Genevieve Picot Weaving's housekeeper?

    A good movie for acting and plot, and immencely fun to watch.
  • 4.0 Stars
    MCT:
    August 3, 2007
    might be difficult to find but is definitely worth seeking out. a brilliant screenplay that doesn't fall into any clichés and is funny one moment, and touching the next. Russell Crowe and Hugo Weaving are both great and show us why they would become huge international stars. special mention must go to Geneviève Picot who's character might be the most interesting of the the three. without her, much of the film's humour and depth might have been lost. overall, a great film that defies the conventions of Hollywood.
  • 4.5 Stars
    MCT:
    June 14, 2007
    Somewhere between the taglines of this film lies the truth..."Before love comes trust. Before trust comes proof"and the the cutting, blunt and upsetting"Photographs dont lie. People do".
    A blind man named Martin, (Hugo Weaving) takes photographs of his surroundings and later asks people he feels he can trust to describe them to him. "Attempting to use visual reality as a basis for proof of truth when the visual has never been real to Martin..."
    The writer/director (Moorhouse) has Andy (Russell Crowe) wisely say to Martin at the end of the film, "Everybody lies. . .but not all the time, thats the point. Your whole life is the truth. . .have some pity on the rest of us Martin." The audience, learns that perhaps uncertain trust in others is a concession one must make since the desired,perfect truth, will never be found.
  • 2.5 Stars
    MCT:
    March 18, 2007
    Russell Crowe was great in it, Hugo Weaving was pretty good but the story of a blind man who had spent 40 years feeling sorry for himself just didn't do it for me
  • 5.0 Stars
    MCT:
    January 25, 2007
    I don't know what it is about this movie... but I love it. I watch it all the time. Hugo is the man.
  • 3.5 Stars
    MCT:
    January 16, 2007
    Quirky Australian film about a blind photographer who befriends Russel Crowe who gradually becomes more entwined in his life than he ahd anticipated as Hugo Weaving's obsessive and jealous female minder plots to snare the blind man. All about trust....
  • 4.5 Stars
    MCT:
    December 18, 2006
    A bizarre but superb drama on the emotional games three people play, wittily and pereceptively captured by novice writer-director Jocelyn Moorhouse and acted with total conviction and sympathy.
  • 4.0 Stars
    MCT:
    October 25, 2006
    A simple but beautiful Australian film about trust and betrayal... a great soundtrack by Not Drowning Waving and an understated before-he-was-famous pre-w*anker performance from Russell Crowe.
  • 4.5 Stars
    MCT:
    May 2, 2006
    Amazing movie. Very well written. Great performances. Weaving is absolutely fantastic and proves his talent. Crowe is also withstandable for a change. So good.
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    MCT:
    April 25, 2006
    ah hugo weaving is agent smith! i must see this one cos it has both agent smitha nd russell crowe! :)
  • 4.0 Stars
    MCT:
    April 14, 2006
    It`s an excellent show but can be really boring if you can`t take the plodding plot pace. Warning! Nothing blows up and nobody dies. No bitching, backstabbing and Hollywood-ish dramas. Very true to life sort of show. Loved it.

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  • Rated: (R)
  • Directed by: Jocelyn Moorhouse
  • Genres: Art House & International, Drama, Comedy
  • Released: March 20, 1992
  • DVD Released: November 2, 2004

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