Review of The Man Who Knew Infinity (2016) by Ian T — 11 Apr 2016
It's amazing how much like mathematics this film is. It is strikingly formulaic and everything in it obeys strict laws and forms tight patterns. Ramanujan may have reached for the sky without due process but this film certainly does not.
Still, his story is a great one and elements of a very human struggle also play their part. It's the usual stuff in terms of plot, characterization and emotional manipulation but one would be a hard nut indeed if one wasn't touched by it at all.
Of the two main parts, though, it is Jeremy Irons' Professor Hardy (who fought against the paradoxically quite brainless prejudices of The University of Cambridge) who comes across most strongly. One warms, too, to Toby Jones' Littlewood.
This review of The Man Who Knew Infinity (2016) was written by Ian T on 11 Apr 2016.
The Man Who Knew Infinity has generally received positive reviews.
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