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Too much of everything

it is finally so absorbing because it plays like a lyrical road odyssey that’s also a detective story.

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

It's the early 20th century. Srinivasa Ramanujan (Dev Patel) is an Indian with no higher learning degrees. He struggles to get his math papers published. He leaves behind his disbelieving mother and loving wife for Cambridge. British mathematics professor G.H. Hardy (Jeremy Irons) mentors him but often dismisses his intuitive leaps for more rigorous proofs. Being homesick and suffering actual sickness, he struggles against the entrenched establishment and outright prejudice as WWI engulfs the world.It's a tale of inspiration but there isn't much drama in its telling. It is utterly conventional without tension. Patel and Irons do yeoman's work bringing life to these real people. There is simply no whiz bang flash to liven up the story. There is no end goal. Almost everything is done with unyielding conventionality. A little flash from Ramanujan is the biggest emotional lift. Otherwise, it remains mostly flat and predictable.

I liked the combination of love,struggle,talent and success of a guy shown through the movie.It was motivating as well as emotional.Also it shows value of friendship,love,leader and critics. Overall the acting was also natural. I watched it twice which is rare in my case.I recommend this for those who want to achieve something but feel their luck do not support and those who feel they do not have resources.

This very good looking & interesting movie has the feel of a film made by someone who has not made a movie before, in fact, 'Infinity' represents director Mathew Brown's second feature. Brown works hard as both screenplay writer and producer and obviously means well but, to the trained eye something seems lacking. Fortunately, the choice of Londoner Larry Smith as director of photography is superb. Smith gives the film a lush visual treatment, either under direction from Brown or guided by his own professionalism. With a lesser cinematographer much more would have been lost. It could be said this is essentially a mathematicians' or historian's film but, as a biopic on the life of Tamil Indian Spinivasa Ramanujan, an ill-educated brilliant mind, it is insightful & compelling. Brown's screenplay is based on Award-winning American writer Robert Kanigel's biography of the same name – with Kanigel also co-producing the movie. Ramanujan's life was spent in poverty, his consuming passion and expertise were mathematics and one of his Indian employers, recognizing this, encouraged him to write to Cambridge Professor G.H.Hardy (Irons). This led to an invitation to study and contribute to Hardy's theories at Cambridge. Srinivasa (well played by Dev Patel) experienced the stifling (and cruel) class consciousness of the snobbish, British academic set - only holding his own through sheer tenacity & his superior numerical intellect. If looking for some based-on-fact inspiration this stylish (if not exciting) work should prove informative. The Music score also offers impressive atmospherics by skilfully blending western and eastern styles. As intelligent viewing, it comes recommended.

I've enjoyed Dev Patel in a number of films (especially "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel") and in cable's "The Newsroom". I thought he had potential. But with this film -- which is about a topic I hate -- mathematics -- I thought the old saying (slightly paraphrased) was appropriate: Instead of "Today you are a man", "Today you are an actor." To me, there is one problem with this film. It's difficult to relate to the story since the average film-goer doesn't have the slightest idea what these mathematicians are doing. I'm quite well educated...but what they're going means nothing to me.And so, most of us can only relate to half the film -- the human story. And that is something that most of us can relate to. Prejudice. Family intrigue. How to accept another human being. Giftedness. And other human themes. And it is here that both Dev Patel and Jeremy Irons shine. And, I also have to give a nod to a British actor that I usually care for (perhaps because of the parts I've seen him in) -- Toby Jones -- whom I found quite endearing here. Devika Bhise, as Patel's wife, is also very good. The other actors...mostly British...do their jobs well, but don't really stand out.But while I consider this a sort of break-out movie for Dev Patel, I want to focus for a moment on Jeremy Irons. I look at "actors" like (well, I'll pick on Tom Cruise here as one example) Tom Cruise, and I know that when it comes to the craft of acting, they can't hold a candle to someone like Jeremy Irons. He was never a matinée "star" in the normal sense of the word, but throughout his career he has demonstrated an understanding of the real craft of acting...and he does it again here.If you are a serious movie-goer, even if (like me) you're not into mathematics, I recommend this film.