The Man Who Knew Infinity
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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.

2015Rating: PG108 minsUK
DramaTrue Story & BiographyHistorical
Director:
Matt Brown ('Ropewalk')
Writer:
Matt Brown
Cast:
Jeremy IronsToby JonesDev PatelStephen FryJeremy NorthamKevin McNally

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Flicks, Liam Maguren

Flicks, Liam Maguren

If 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).

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Variety

Variety

The arguments between Ramanujan and Hardy form easily the most absorbing aspect of The Man Who Knew Infinity...

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Time Out

Time Out

Polite, earnest stuff, but it never quite adds up to much.

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The Telegraph

The Telegraph

Irons’s Hardy steals this film away from its ostensible hero, in part because pulling the shutters down makes him that much harder to know.

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The New York Times

The New York Times

Mr. Irons handily hits the emotional beats, as does Mr. Patel, as Ramanujan confronts incipient tuberculosis.

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The Guardian

The Guardian

At the end, it looks like a treacly, albeit high-minded Sunday afternoon drama serial.

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Sydney Morning Herald

Sydney Morning Herald

Predictable but poignant.

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Stuff

Stuff

Touching, yes, and also informative, but it doesn't really add up to much in the end.

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Hollywood Reporter

Hollywood Reporter

Highly engaging performances by Dev Patel in the lead role and Jeremy Irons as his curmudgeonly mentor gradually warm up the Cambridge story...

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Empire Magazine

Empire Magazine

Well intentioned and played, this shows flashes of what could have been, but is ultimately let down by its timidity towards the maths...

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The Man Who Knew Infinity | Release Details

The Man Who Knew Infinity is available to stream in New Zealand now on Google Play and Apple TV and Academy On Demand and AroVision.

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