Popcorn and Inspiration: ‘A Brilliant Young Mind’

Sally Hawkins and Asa Butterfield play mother and son in “A Brilliant Young Mind.” Samuel Goldwyn Pictures

PG-13 | 1h 51min | Drama, Romance | 11 September 2015 (USA)

It’s not uncommon to see many outstanding books adapted into movies. However, the same can’t be said for documentaries being turned into narrative cinema, let alone by the same director. But British director Morgan Matthews has done just that. Teaming up with screenwriter James Graham, he has turned his 2011 documentary “X+Y” (titled “Brilliant Young Minds” in the United States) into the fascinating 2014 narrative film “A Brilliant Young Mind.”