The Man Who Knew Infinity

Great knowledge comes from the humblest of origins

Set in the early years of last century, this film is based on the true story of one of the greatest minds of his generation. A poor young man living in India had a talent for mathematics. He wrote to a professor at Cambridge University in England, who, recognising his talent, brought him to England to study. The Indian had to overcome race and class differences and eventually went on to revolutionize the field with his startlingly original theorems.

108 minutes.
No persons under 10.
Biographical, Drama, On the art circuit

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

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Credits

Cast	Jeremy Irons, Dev Patel, Malcolm Sinclair, Raghuvir Joshi, Dhritiman Chatterjee, Stephen Fry, Arundathi Nag, Devika Bhise
Director	Matt Brown
Screenplay	Matt Brown, from the biography by Robert Kanigel
Music	Coby Brown
Cinematography	Larry Smith
Editing	JC Bond
Sound formats
Soundtrack	Available
Made in	2015
Produced by	Edward R. Pressman Films, Xeitgeist Entertainment Group, Anmus Films, Kreo FIlms FZ

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

Genre	Drama
Language	None
Nudity	None
Sex	None
Violence	Low impact and infrequent
Prejudice	Low impact, thematic and justified by context
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	None
Comments
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CommonSenseMedia Report (USA)

Suggested age limit 12 +	Positive messages	Positive role models
Violence	Sex	Language
Consumerism	Drinking, drugs, smoking

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
Die Burger Laetitia Pople Genie se verstommende ware verhaal oorrompel jou.	10
Cape Times Deborah Young A by-the-numbers biopic.	10
Metacritic.com 24 critics	11
Rottentomatoes critics 90 critics	12
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer The Man Who Knew Infinity might be a tad too conventional to truly do its subject justice, but Dev Patel and Jeremy Irons elevate the end result beyond mere biopic formula.	13
Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics	12
CommonSenseMedia Staff evaluation Compelling story, but WWI-era math biopic needs more zest.	5
What the People say
Metacritic.com users 7 users	15
Rottentomatoes users 3801 users	15
Internet 2180 Netizens A master piece	15
Average .. 59%	12