Pi fingerprintStunning style, high energy, emotionally cool.
Nerve-racking
Melancholic and moving
Serious throughout
The mind, technology, and faith and meaning
Lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Standout direction, performances, and characters
Layered plot that rewards full attention.
Standout visual style, sound design, and cinematography
A distinctive visual signature.
Nerve-racking
Pi is nerve-racking.
Melancholic and moving
Emotionally, it's melancholic and moving.
Serious throughout
Expect almost no humor.
The mind, technology, and faith and meaning
Lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Its world is built around the mind, technology, and faith and meaning. The setting feels lived-in and easy to get lost in. It leaves some questions open.
Standout direction, performances, and characters
Layered plot that rewards full attention.
The direction, performances, and characters stand out. The plot is layered and rewards full attention.
Standout visual style, sound design, and cinematography
A distinctive visual signature.
Look and sound: the visual style, sound design, and cinematography stand out.
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Pi is included with a subscription to Amazon Prime Video and Amazon Prime Video with Ads in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on Kanopy, Hoopla, and Fandango at Home Free. You can also rent or buy it from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, and YouTube. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Mostly. It's well received, with a GoodWatch score of 78/100 (IMDb 7.3, Rotten Tomatoes 88%, and Metacritic 72). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
It's rated R in the United States. Content advisories: violence and disturbing imagery.
1 h 24 min
Pi runs 1 h 24 min.
Yes. Critics average 80 and audiences 77 out of 100, so both groups see Pi much the same way.
Yes, a big one. It cost about $60,000 to make and earned $3 million worldwide, 53.7 times its budget.
It was made in English. Produced in United States.
+12GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for Pi in 26 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
TV Tropes lists 78 storytelling tropes for Pi, including Haunted Technology, Go Mad from the Revelation, Madness Montage.
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