X+Y (2015)

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Is there a formula for love?

Struggling to connect with those around him, a teenage math prodigy trains for the International Mathematical Olympiad, where a budding romance with a fellow contestant breaks through his emotional walls and teaches him that love cannot be calculated.

• Released: 2015-03-13
• Genres: Drama
• Runtime: 1h 51m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 6.7/10 from 623 votes

Directed by Morgan Matthews.

Top cast

• Asa Butterfield as Nathan Ellis
• Rafe Spall as Martin Humphreys
• Sally Hawkins as Julie Ellis
• Eddie Marsan as Richard
• Jo Yang as Zhang Mei
• Alex Lawther as Isaac Cooper
• Alexa Davies as Rebecca Dunn
• Martin McCann as Michael Ellis
• Orion Lee as Deng Laoshi
• Jake Davies as Luke Shelton

Full cast & crew

Where to watch X+Y

• United States: stream on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads; watch free on The CW, Kanopy, Hoopla, Darkroom, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, YouTube Free, Plex, Plex Channel, Tubi TV; rent on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home; buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
• United Kingdom: stream on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads; watch free on BBC iPlayer; rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video
• Canada: stream on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads; watch free on Hoopla, Tubi TV, Plex; rent on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video; buy on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video
• Australia: stream on Beamafilm; watch free on Beamafilm; rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fetch TV; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fetch TV

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