Good movie about an interesting unknown story
- The Man Who Knew Infinity review by MD
Unfortunately, I did not see this myself, but my wife who did asked me to report that it was a well done little tale that told an interesting story in the manner of other films like "The Theory of Everything". She felt it was very well acted, and though a little predictable, perfectly watchable by a general audience as well as those with a particular interest in maths and science.
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mathematical interest
- The Man Who Knew Infinity review by CP Customer
interesting, humane, well acted. The maths element was fascinating, even to a general public. I googled Ramanujan's life to find out more about him.
2 out of 3 members found this review helpful.
Goodwill hunting based on fact
- The Man Who Knew Infinity review by NC
Jeremy Irons always worth watching, plus can hear every word he says, bonus! Imitation Game with Benedict way up there at top of the maths books, the Man Who Knew Everything say second. Shame they never had any info on Ramanujan's earlier life. Education must have been very very basic for a low caste Indian in Madras. Where did he get any input into algebra and just the way to write the equations etc. Pure Maths is up on basic algebraic functions. Even if self taught he would need some input to start, and the books..............
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Mathematics is not Dull
- The Man Who Knew Infinity review by CV
It was truly wonderful to see a film about a mathematician I had only heard about in lectures where even in these his ascent to greatness was referred to as phenomenal. Jeremy Irons is true to form as the crusty bachelor Cambridge don Dr Hardy with Dev Patel the wonderkind from India. There were so many themes in this film which would make it so appealing to almost anyone and it certainly has an emotional impact despite the low-key stiff-upper lip portrayal of post-Edwardian England. For me it raised questions about the supremacy of proof-bound serialist thinking of the west where Ramanujan's inspiration came from a holistic view of nature perhaps more typical of the east. An obvious theme was also the overcoming of racial prejudice where you would think that genius recognising genius would transcend national boundaries. Praise must go to Littlewood and the softening of Hardy to promote Ramanujan's colossal contribution to modern mathematics.
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very watchable film
- The Man Who Knew Infinity review by CP Customer
An enjoyable and very interesting film, a good social commentary on the period, and you don't need to be a mathematician to understand/enjoy it.
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Heartwarming, fact based movie
- The Man Who Knew Infinity review by AW
Once again, Dev Patel excels himself portraying this young mathematician in the most heart warming and humble way. A wonderful story, at times heart warming and at others, heart breaking.
Very close to my heart as my mother came to the uk 60 years ago from India and I now see how unbelievably brave that was.
Aside from that (!) I’d hugely recommend this movie. Thank you Dev.
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Lovely true story, great actors and recreation of era, but ultimately predictable
- The Man Who Knew Infinity review by EP
This is a good film. Don't get me wrong, well produced and directed, well acted, just too predictable.
Jeremy Irons is very Jeremy Irons and it is a kind of A Brilliant Mind told in a bittersweet British Merchant Ivory, high brow way which I assume some viewers would really enjoy. It just felt some how that I have seen it before.
Not a bad film, just not that engaging and ultimately predictable.
My wife well asleep watching it.
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A decent film about a very interesting man
- The Man Who Knew Infinity review by Mick
A condensed story of the remarkable Indian mathematician Ramanujan. The actors do a reasonably convincing job with the maths. A gentle film if sentimental and predicable at times. Especially interesting for those with an interest in the history of mathematics/
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