It feels too often like an exam for which we haven't studied.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jun 8, 2021

A bit by the numbers but nonetheless deserves a place on the shelf between A Beautiful Mind and The Imitation Game .

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 3, 2021

A deeply intelligent film that doesn't shy away from its intelligence.

| Original Score: 3.5/4.0 | Sep 15, 2020

The Man Who Knew Infinity is a delightful film of a breed that we so rarely see. I hope it finds an audience.

| Apr 1, 2020

The Man Who Knew Infinity is moving, but not as compelling as the real life story of the genius it celebrates. The definitive film on Ramanujan remains to be made...

| Aug 15, 2019

Writer-director Matthew Brown keeps it simple, but even those of us who barely skated through high school math are left wanting more explanation of Ramanujan's influence.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Apr 17, 2019

The Man Who Knew Infinity tells a good, if standard story and I'm glad I saw it.

| Original Score: B- | Apr 12, 2019

A sincere treatment with better pacing than similar films, The Man Who Knew Infinity is really at its best when showcasing its brilliant lead performers.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 4, 2019

"The Man Who Knew Infinity" isn't a terrible biopic, but as a film, it plays it too safe and keeps its characters from being fully realized.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Aug 23, 2018

The period detailing - be it a rustic locale or sophisticated surroundings - is quite superb. Brown also tries to give the story an emotional touch, to good effect. And in fact, it is this which makes this film both enjoyable and gripping.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Nov 7, 2017

The movie works. It tells an important story and it does make a meal out of the subject.

| Oct 31, 2017

Dev Patel as Ramanujan and Jeremy Irons as his Cambridge mentor both impress and there's a top-notch supporting cast that includes Toby Jones, Jeremy Northam and the late Richard Johnson, whose last film this was.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 24, 2017

You can't help but wish that writer-director Matthew Brown had been able to find some way to impart to viewers the nature of Ramanujan's importance other than having his Trinity College sponsor (Jeremy Irons) rhapsodize about his brilliance.

| Sep 26, 2017

There is something almost spiritual about this film that makes it more than just a maths biopic.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Sep 20, 2017

The Man Who Knew Infinity is persuasive and quite surprising.

| Original Score: B | Sep 12, 2017

The Man Who Knew Infinity brings to life a genius long overdue for recognition.

| Aug 29, 2017

While [Srinivasa] Ramanujan was a fascinating figure in real life, his movie representation is opaque and uninteresting. It doesn't add up.

| Aug 24, 2017

The movie is fairly formulaic [but] Irons delivers a masterclass in cranky eccentricity and buttoned-up reserve.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 7, 2017

An intriguing story told in generic fashion, Infinity gets good value from irons and a dignified swansong from the late Richard Johnson.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 2, 2017

Matt Brown's workmanlike direction ties things up neatly but fails to elicit enough empathy for the central characters of the young number-cruncher and his tutor-cum-collaborator.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jan 1, 2017