A Brilliant Young Mind (2014) Morgan Matthews' 2014 drama, A Brilliant Young Mind Like the 2007 documentary, Beautiful Young Minds, on which it was based, Formerly titled "X+Y" when it debuted at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival, Morgan Matthews ' coming-of-age drama finally hit theaters this summer under the title " A Brilliant October 2, 2015 / 8:42 AM CDT / CBS Minnesota. Although it suffers from a particularly boring U.S. release title, the English film A Brilliant Young Mind (originally X + Y) tells a nuanced and Cast crew: Movie Codes: Products: News: Forum: PLAY TRAILER. Comedy. Drama. 'A Brilliant Young Mind' is a drama about an autistic savant teenager who goes to a maths camp in Taiwan, hoping to makeup effects sculptor: Captive Audience Productions. Claudia Hardy. makeup effects technician: Captive Audience Productions. John Kim. makeup effects technician: Captive Audience Productions. Mary Kim. A Brilliant Young Mind. PG-13. 1h 52m. 2016. Preview. Inspired by true events, A Brilliant Young Mind tells the story of teenage math prodigy Nathan, who struggles when it comes to building relationships. In his confusing world, Nathan finds comfort in the predictability of numbers. This movie has a great cast of young actors and some not so young actors. The story is set in an academically challenging environment; namely the International Math Olympics. "A Brilliant Young Mind" may give some insight. It's not a documentary, however, but a drama, and should probably be taken as such. I didn't watch it to learn; I chose The title of Morgan Matthews' narrative film debut, A Brilliant Young Mind, immediately evokes Ron Howard's A Beautiful Mind, and both films have in common a protagonist who is an exceptionally bright mathematician with mental challenges.Unlike John Forbes Nash, though, who suffered from schizophrenia, A Brilliant Young Mind's Nathan Ellis is merely on the autism spectrum. SmEmu.