This childhood experience strongly affects Martin as an adult, as he anticipates that sighted people will take advantage of his blindness to lie to him, or worse yet, pity him.

He has become a resentful, vaguely bitter person who spends his days taking some photographs of the world around him, then having various people describe them.

Near the story's conclusion, Martin decides to fire Celia, but acknowledges his own role in purposely antagonizing her in their love-hate relationship.

Despite his openness she is extremely angry that her efforts have gone to waste, and when asked to return her key to Martin's house, she throws it in a sink full of water.

However, Andy's detailed description includes the iconic man raking leaves Martin's mother told him about, that he had rejected for all these years.

[4] Rob Lowing, film critic for The Sydney Morning Herald, praised the quality of the script and the acting.

Lowing wrote, "Proof is an extraordinary film, another landmark in Australian movie history which proves that, yes, you can have it all: great drama with wit and wisdom, lasting impact and entertainment too.