The Man Who Knew Infinity (2016) - A Review

The Man Who Knew Infinity (2016)

Based in the 1910s Srinivasan Ramanujan taught himself not only math, but math on a level only a handful of people are even close to being able to understand. Because of his endless confidence and talent, he gained notice by eminent mathematics professor,  G.H. Hardy, who invites him to work on his calculations at Trinity College in Cambridge. He has to leave his wife behind and in the UK he encounters resistance against both his cultural background and his mathematical theories of a very intuitive nature. There is further turbulence from the strict academic regiment practiced by the college, and depressional nature of British culture heading into World War I. His health begins to fail and his family wanting to isolate him from his wife, he joins Hardy in a great struggle that would come to define him as one of the greatest Minds and Scholars to come out of India. Along the way he overcomes barriers to become a great success in the eyes of history.

IMDB rating is 7.2/10 but I gave it a 9/10 for the sheer passion of the film. You can find it on YouTube with ads or free with a Premium subscription. It is also on AMC+ at the time of this post. You don't have to be a math head to enjoy this film, as it is deeply gripping in its way. Be warned there is very little action and it makes you think on the economic level and a sociological level for the nature of Ramanujan's reality and his struggles. I highly recommend this movie and found it heartwarming and sad at the same time.

On a side note, I think he had a desire to make others see the beauty he saw in his mind with his equations. For him it was like fine art.


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