A Brilliant Young Mind
2014 · Movie · NR · 111 min · ★ 6.7 · 76% critics
A socially awkward teen with a gift for math earns a place on the British team headed to the International Mathematics Olympiad. As intense training and travel push him out of his routine, he begins forming new friendships and testing how to balance logic, ambition, and the messy feelings that come with growing up.
Also known as X Plus Y · X+Y A Brilliant Young Mind · Le Monde de Nathan
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Details
- Original title
- X+Y
- Years
- 2014
- Release date
- 2014-03-13
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 111 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 76/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.7/10 (609 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want an emotional, character-focused story about a gifted teen finding connection through competition and travel; Not for you if you need fast pacing or a tidy payoff, like Starter for 10.
Pros: heartfelt coming-of-age; strong performances; relatable social struggles | Cons: slow, repetitive stretches; romance feels clichéd; ending may frustrate
Themes
- autism
- mathematics
- child prodigy
- based on true story
- death of father
- coming of age
- social outcast
- cambridge university
Cast & crew
Asa Butterfield
as Nathan Ellis
Rafe Spall
as Martin Humphreys
Sally Hawkins
as Julie Ellis
Eddie Marsan
as Richard
Jo Yang
as Zhang Mei
Alex Lawther
as Isaac Cooper
Alexa Davies
as Rebecca Dunn
Martin McCann
as Michael Ellis
Orion Lee
as Deng Laoshi
Jake Davies
as Luke Shelton
Directed by Morgan Matthews