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A socially awkward teenage math prodigy (Asa Butterfield, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, Hugo) finds new confidence and new friendships when he lands a spot...
Watch the first official UK trailer for X + Y, coming to UK cinemas 13 March 2015.Directed by Morgan Matthews X + Y features Asa Butterfield, Rafe Spall, and...
Sep 11, 2015 · Watch X Plus Y with a subscription on Prime Video, rent on Fandango at Home, or buy on Fandango at Home. A Brilliant Young Mind is tender and perceptive -- and intelligent enough to find a...
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Nathan Ellis, a 9-year-old maths prodigy, has just lost his father in a car accident. Nathan is diagnosed as being on the autism spectrum early in the film, and his father was the only one who was able to connect normally with him. Although Nathan values his mother, Julie, he shuns any physical contact with her and treats her as more of a caretaker...
The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reports an 87% approval rating with a weighted average score of 6.58/10 based on 75 reviews. The website's consensus reads, "A Brilliant Young Mind is tender and perceptive – and intelligent enough to find a wealth of dramatic riches buried under well-trod narrative ground." On Metacritic, the film has ...
The main character Nathan Ellis is based on mathematical genius Daniel Lightwing who is on the autism spectrum. Lightwing had a teacher who saw his potential and became his mentor; however, his mentor was not a man but a woman named Miggy Biller who is the Head of Maths at York College. Lightwing never lost his father; in fact, his father also atte...
X+Y at IMDbX+Y at Rotten TomatoesX+Y at Box Office MojoX+Y at MetacriticMar 15, 2015 · T his bittersweet, sentimental tale of interlocking awkwardness follows troubled teenage genius Nathan (Asa Butterfield) to Taiwan in pursuit of International Mathematical Olympiad qualification,...
Español (México) X Plus Y. Asa Butterfield stars as Nathan, a teenage maths prodigy who struggles with people, not least his mother, Julie (played by Sally Hawkins ), but finds comfort in numbers.
Mar 12, 2015 · In this excerpt from the Guardian Film Show Henry Barnes, Catherine Shoard and Peter Bradshaw review a drama about a young maths whizz who's a genius with figures, but can't work people out.
