The Speed of Thought is a 2011 American thriller film written and directed by Evan Oppenheimer and starring Nick Stahl, Taryn Manning, and Mía Maestro.

[1] Joshua Lazarus (Nick Stahl) is a telepath who has been raised in an NSA foster home.

He is told by the agency that the telepathy is a side effect of Widmann's Disease, and that he will become insane in time and eventually die from the illness.

However, Lazarus meets a woman with similar powers (Mía Maestro) who does not have any sign of the disease, launching Lazarus to confront the lies he has been told.

[2] Filming took place in Punta del Este, Uruguay and New York City.