Review of The Man Who Knew Infinity (2016) by Craigechols — 03 Oct 2018

You can watch this movie two ways. You can try to immerse yourself into it and try to judge it all around. If you do this, then you won't like this movie. It is pretty vapid and while there is something there, it more filler than anything.

However, if you watch this movie with specific focus on Irons and Patel, you will be very happy. Both of those two give remarkable performances and the chemistry makes this movie (not to mention Toby Jones isn't bad either).

Scenes that don't feature them don't have as much life which is a shame. It can appear convoluted and in some cases a bit esoteric in others. It does an average job of delving into the discrimination that Ramanujan faced during his time at Cambridge as well as the hardships of being away from his family.

But, as mentioned earlier, it comes off as not much more than filler. This movie is worth watching and watching again based simply off the strength of Irons and Patel and I actually did enjoy it. If you can make it through the tiresome down times of the movies, there are more highs than there are lows.