***1/2 – To those of you for whom this issue may arise; if you need to start a large fire quickly and don’t have matches or gasoline or lighter fluid, a bus full of mongoloids and a tree can apparently act as substitutes if you happen to have those items handy. That’s one thing I learned from this film. Another thing I learned is that I can enjoy a film enough to give it three and a half stars even if it has like four endings. Frodo Baggins discards his creepy, hairy, over-sized, prosthetic Hobbit feet and clearly homosexual sidekick for a less fantastical tale in this rather subdued but also quite enjoyable 2008 mystery/thriller. Frodo plays an American exchange student who comes to Oxford University to study with an eminent philosopher/mathematician/logician played by John Hurt. Things don’t quite work out as planned, but the unlikely pair end up teaming together to try to solve a series of mathematically related homicides along with their large-breasted but not particularly attractive nurse friend (who has been bopping both of them, by the way) and a few cops. While the end is not very satisfying and definitely goes overboard with trying to toss in twists and turns at the last minute, the viewing experience was actually quite nice. I chalk that up mostly to the dialogue that occurs in the meat of the film between Frodo and John Hurt, which largely consists of mathematical, logical and philosophical arguments and musings. That’s certainly not everyone’s cup of tea, but I liked it
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