The Man Who Knew Infinity
Dev Patel (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel) is Srinivasa Ramanujan in this historical biopic, the mathematical genius who grew up in a poor region of India and gained admittance to Cambridge University during the First World War. Jeremy Irons plays his professor and mentor G.H. Hardy. Co-stars Toby Jones and Stephen Fry.
- Director:
- Matt Brown ('Ropewalk')
- Writer:
- Matt Brown
- Cast:
- Jeremy IronsToby JonesDev PatelStephen FryJeremy NorthamKevin McNally
Reviews & comments
Flicks, Liam Maguren
flicksIf you can recall the frustration of getting the right answers in a school maths tests but being marked down for not explaining how you got there, you’ll relate to this film, for it’s essentially Show Your Working: The Movie. Sure, it’s not an eye-grabbing title (especially for those with mathlexia), but it does succinctly describe the main challenge faced by real-life mathematic genius Srinivasa Ramanujan (Dev Patel) and collaborating Cambridge University professor G.H. Hardy (Jeremy Irons).
A sliver of Indian culture meets British culture thru maths
Reasonably interesting movie on an Indian man who saw numbers and their meanings in his mind and wanted to tell the world, but was hemmed in by need to prove it, compounded by British culture at war time. I feel it probably didn't portray how huge the gaps actually were between the poor genius Ramanujan and the British arrogance and cultural barriers, tho...
Variety
pressThe arguments between Ramanujan and Hardy form easily the most absorbing aspect of The Man Who Knew Infinity...
The Telegraph
pressIrons’s Hardy steals this film away from its ostensible hero, in part because pulling the shutters down makes him that much harder to know.
The New York Times
pressMr. Irons handily hits the emotional beats, as does Mr. Patel, as Ramanujan confronts incipient tuberculosis.
The Guardian
pressAt the end, it looks like a treacly, albeit high-minded Sunday afternoon drama serial.
Stuff
pressTouching, yes, and also informative, but it doesn't really add up to much in the end.
Hollywood Reporter
pressHighly engaging performances by Dev Patel in the lead role and Jeremy Irons as his curmudgeonly mentor gradually warm up the Cambridge story...
Empire Magazine
pressWell intentioned and played, this shows flashes of what could have been, but is ultimately let down by its timidity towards the maths...
Flicks, Liam Maguren
flicksIf you can recall the frustration of getting the right answers in a school maths tests but being marked down for not explaining how you got there, you’ll relate to this film, for it’s essentially Show Your Working: The Movie. Sure, it’s not an eye-grabbing title (especially for those with mathlexia), but it does succinctly describe the main challenge faced by real-life mathematic genius Srinivasa Ramanujan (Dev Patel) and collaborating Cambridge University professor G.H. Hardy (Jeremy Irons).
Variety
pressThe arguments between Ramanujan and Hardy form easily the most absorbing aspect of The Man Who Knew Infinity...
The Telegraph
pressIrons’s Hardy steals this film away from its ostensible hero, in part because pulling the shutters down makes him that much harder to know.
The New York Times
pressMr. Irons handily hits the emotional beats, as does Mr. Patel, as Ramanujan confronts incipient tuberculosis.
The Guardian
pressAt the end, it looks like a treacly, albeit high-minded Sunday afternoon drama serial.
Stuff
pressTouching, yes, and also informative, but it doesn't really add up to much in the end.
Hollywood Reporter
pressHighly engaging performances by Dev Patel in the lead role and Jeremy Irons as his curmudgeonly mentor gradually warm up the Cambridge story...
Empire Magazine
pressWell intentioned and played, this shows flashes of what could have been, but is ultimately let down by its timidity towards the maths...
A sliver of Indian culture meets British culture thru maths
Reasonably interesting movie on an Indian man who saw numbers and their meanings in his mind and wanted to tell the world, but was hemmed in by need to prove it, compounded by British culture at war time. I feel it probably didn't portray how huge the gaps actually were between the poor genius Ramanujan and the British arrogance and cultural barriers,...
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