A really underrated film. There is some romance in the film, but the most part is about the proof of love, the love between father and daughter, the trust between lovers. Theory should always be justified, and love should be as well.

The most touching part is the dialogue between the father and daughter in a very cold night with many light snowflakes. The father said the daughter “You are genuinely interested in it? You know how happy that makes me. I think that can keep me fill the rest of my life, not just me. Now I am starting to feel I am finished, really finished. I was terrified that I would never work again. Did you notice that?” Then his eyes were lit by the desire to work with his daughter. Finally, he got a real good helper, a inheritor with the ability to continue.

And the dialogues in the film are humorous. For example, a band will perform a rock piece of music with the name “I”, but all is just nothing, silent as “i” is imaginary number in maths. The music is inaudible as well.

The performance of Gwyneth Paltrow in this film was even better than that in “Shakespeare in Love”. I even think she is English, not American. And Anthony Hopkins never fails to live up to my expectations.

Just finish my short introduction by citing the last words “If I go back to the beginning, I can start it over again. I can go line by line trying to find shorter way. I can try to make it better.”