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INFINITY

A tender love story shaped by illness, fidelity, and sacrifice.

1996PG100 minutesFirst Look PicturesDrama
Worth the trip.
ENTERTAINMENT QUALITY ★★★ 3 / 4 Sweet, touching, and emotionally sincere.
FAMILY CONTENT Discernment −1 on the +4 to −4 scale Discernment: mature themes and some content call for parents’ judgment.
CONTENT LEVELS NONE → HEAVY
Language Light
Violence None
Sex Light
Nudity None
BEST FOR Families and older children who can thoughtfully engage with illness, marriage, and loss.
NOT FOR Viewers seeking a romance without premarital sexual implications, profanity, blasphemy, alcohol, or smoking.
CONTENT IN ONE LINE Four profanities, four blasphemies, implied sex between an engaged couple, alcohol use, smoking, and the testing of a neutron bomb.
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Should You Watch It?

If you want a gentle, sincere drama about love tested by suffering, this film offers real emotional nourishment. It centers on Richard Feynman and Arline Greenbaum, whose relationship grows through honesty, humor, imagination, dedication, and a shared maverick spirit.

The film’s moral center is its support for marriage and its portrayal of true love enduring through adversity. It acknowledges the couple’s premarital sexual relationship without glorifying it. At the same time, its PG content includes profanity, blasphemy, implied sex, alcohol, and smoking, so parents should decide whether younger children are ready for those elements.

You should see it if your family can approach those concerns with discernment and wants a touching story about commitment under pressure.

The Story

NO SPOILERS — WE KEEP THE SURPRISES

Richard Feynman and Arline Greenbaum are college sweethearts who open each other’s eyes and build a relationship grounded in honesty. Their lives change when Arline is diagnosed with tuberculosis.

As Richard studies theoretical physics and is offered work in New Mexico connected to the development of the atomic bomb, the couple faces distance, illness, and an uncertain future. Their love is tested by circumstances neither can control.

Is It Any Good?

Three stars means this is a good, worthwhile film with clear emotional strengths. INFINITY is described as sweet, touching, and delightful, and it captures the beauty and essence of true love.

Its strongest qualities are its sincere romance and its portrayal of Richard and Arline facing hardship with honesty, dedication, and strong character. Matthew Broderick directs for the first time and also stars, while Patricia Broderick writes the film. The source review offers limited detail about the film’s broader craft.

The Worldview

INFINITY presents a moral, romantic view of commitment and love between a married couple facing impending death. It exalts honesty, dedication, loyalty, and perseverance through adversity. The film treats marriage as meaningful and presents the couple’s love as a source of courage during suffering.

The film also acknowledges that Richard and Arline had a premarital sexual relationship, though the source review says it does not glorify that relationship. This creates a point of departure from a biblical view of sexual intimacy, even as the film supports marriage and challenges viewers to develop strong character through hardship.

The story’s central longing is for faithful love that endures when life becomes painful and uncertain. Scripture describes enduring love this way: “Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things” (1 Corinthians 13:7).

Movieguide® worldview codes: Ro, B, L, S, A, D — preserved for our database, awards research and the annual Report to the Entertainment Industry. What the codes mean →

The Content Guide

The specifics — spoilers included by nature — so you can judge for your own family.

Content Summary

Moral, romantic worldview of commitment & love between married couple despite impending death; 4 profanities & 4 blasphemies; no violence except the testing of the neutron bomb; implied sex between engaged couple; alcohol use; and, smoking

Talk About It

Questions for the drive home, the dinner table, or the youth group.

01

The couple faces illness and uncertainty together. What does faithful love look like when circumstances become painful?

1 Corinthians 13:7 · Romans 5:3–5
02

The film presents marriage as a relationship of dedication and commitment. What promises make marriage different from ordinary romance?

Genesis 2:24 · Hebrews 13:4
03

The story acknowledges a premarital sexual relationship without glorifying it. How can a story honestly portray a wrong choice while still honoring what is good?

Ephesians 4:15 · 1 Thessalonians 4:3–5
04

Richard and Arline respond to adversity with strong character. Which virtues help a person remain faithful when life does not go as planned?

Galatians 5:22–23 · James 1:2–4

The Final Word

INFINITY offers a sweet and touching portrait of love, marriage, honesty, and dedication in the face of suffering. Its content calls for discernment, especially with younger viewers, but its moral center is worth discussing. For families ready to engage those concerns thoughtfully, WORTH THE TRIP.

THE VERDICT Worth the trip.
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