Asa Butterfield

Rafe Spall

Sally Hawkins

Eddie Marsan

Jo Yang

Alex Lawther

Alexa Davies

Martin McCann

Orion Lee

Jake Davies

Paul J. Dove

Percelle Ascott

Christina Low

Edward Baker-Close

Suraj Rattu

Jamie Ballard

Clare Burt

Adam Foster

Lee Zhuo Zhao

Shannon Beer

Tasha Connor

Bo-Han Huang

Song-Hung Chang

Lawrence Jeffries

Ciaran Wakefield

Vasco De Souza

Matthew Hanson

Dean Rogers

Sue Wyburgh

Bea Millas

Sarah Bridge

Scott Eaton

Jens Rosenlund Petersen

Claire Bleasdale

Toby Lloyd

Richard Bevan

Jack Gillies

Becky Brown

Elle Wilson

Richard Hyland

Phil Cape

Fiona Lobo-Cranston

Rob Hughes

Mat Holloway

Alison Hanken

Schiele Lee

Shaun Kirk

Leo Maguire

Paul Hatchman

Thomas Alibone

Philip A. Brown

Laura Lovejoy

Aisha Bywaters

Steven Gardner

Nick Wall

Arlene de Cruz

Gary Arthurs

James Graham

Morgan Matthews

Peter Lambert

Freddie Bonfanti

Duncan Wheeler

Kriss Landin

Suzanne Cave

Martin Phipps

Shaheen Baig

David M. Thompson

Laura Hastings-Smith

Danny Cohen

Julie Ann Horan

Richard Bullock

Alex Gordon

Drama

Original Pictures

Head Gear Films

Minnow Films

BBC Film

United Kingdom

Reno

> Can you give up what you're good at for a girl.

I was fascinated by its storyline, reviews and ratings, but it did not deliver what I was expected. In fact, it fell simple and dull because of the end. Some people will accept it, but not me. For me it was neither good nor bad. Sometimes I don't care even it was cliched conclusion, if it's the best thing for the story to have. So this film tried to avoid it and there I lost my interest in this.

Like I said the initial parts were very good. Had a very good character called Nathan, a teenage mathematics prodigy. The movie narrates his journey to prepare for participating in one of the most prestigious international competition to represent his country. He gets trained by a finest teacher in the country and remaining tells whether he makes it or not.

Actually the film was partially based on one of the Britain's participants from the 2006's IMO, short for International Mathematical Olympiad. Directed by a documentary filmmaker who was inspired by one of his films based on the same theme involving the original main character from this movie.

It's not a biography or a completely based on the real, it just inspired and changed entirely for the cinematic presentation. I thought, it was about a genius boy and the competition, but the romance track overhauled and took me as a surprise. Not bad at all, I liked the way the girl and the boy getting to know each other, like similar to the cultural exchange program. Excluding the ending part, it was a good film. That's what I felt, maybe it will be an awesome film for you. The only way to find out is to check it out by yourself.

6/10

English

Cambridge

:30 Spot

Official US Trailer

Richard Wilkins reviews X+Y on Today Show

Audience Reactions

Flight

Sparkler

Chemistry

Prawn Balls

Coin Toss

Mr Humphreys

UK TV Spot

Meet The Cast

30 Second Teaser

B-Roll - Rainy Taipai

B-Roll - School Scenes

B-Roll - Cemetery Scene

B-Roll - Car Crash Scene

B-Roll - Night market of Taipei

Sally Hawkins Interview

Rafe Spall Interview

Nathan solves math problem

Morgan Matthews Interview

Asa Butterfield Interview

Restaurant Scene

Acceptance Letter Scene

Trailer

Official UK Trailer

Asa Butterfield on stage presenting X+Y | BFI #LFF

Asa Butterfield and Sally Hawkins on X+Y | BFI #LFF

X+Y Trailer | Festival 2014