THE MAN WHO KNEW INFINITY (****)

(2016) Math was always my weakest (and most hated) subject in school, but thanks to Dev Patel (one of my favorite actors working today) and Jeremy Irons, I didn't find a single boring or lagging moment in this based-on-a-true-story of the innovative Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan (Patel), whose pioneering theories brought him to Cambridge in the years of WWI, where he forged a friendship with his mentor, G.H. Hardy (Jeremy Irons).  The strong performances of the two leads kept me locked into the film, and though I found I wasn't as emotionally wrapped up in this one as, say, the superior (and similarly-themed) The Imitation Game, The Man Who Knew Infinity was much more a treat for me than the dry subject matter led me to think it would be.  In fact, I loved it.  (rated PG-13)

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