OK, everyone, a feel-good movie... I tend to stay away from anything advertised as a feel-good movie but this one is about autism, MS and math! Emotionally crippled Nathan is convinced to enter the most respected math competition in the world. Diagnosed early on to be functioning along the autism spectrum, the death of his father in an automobile accident sends him over the edge. Another damaged maths wiz "Humphreys" agrees to tutor Nathan. Humphreys is suffering from Multiple Sclerosis and has turned to drugs and alcohol to cope. In parallel lines they find solutions and love. The math nerds are all wonderful with witty, clever, and often cruel exchanges revealing a hidden world of the truly "gifted" and the truly "troubled."
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