INFINITY
A tender love story shaped by illness, fidelity, and sacrifice.
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 SURPRISESRichard 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).
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.
The couple faces illness and uncertainty together. What does faithful love look like when circumstances become painful?
1 Corinthians 13:7 · Romans 5:3–5The film presents marriage as a relationship of dedication and commitment. What promises make marriage different from ordinary romance?
Genesis 2:24 · Hebrews 13:4The 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 4:3–5Richard 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 1:2–4The 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.