brilliant actors, brilliant editing

It isn't all that great, actually. Really cheesy and very predicable of how certain scenes are gonna turn play out. However, I guess that's the charm of it all, because I would consider this one of my guilty pleasures.

The first must-see film of the year.

This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.

This film had a lot of potential and would have been a story well told if only it had not been too stylish and downright anchored in sepiatic based nostalgia. There was absolutely no need to turn a a potentially good film into a gloomy dark film. Even the scenes where the film is in daylight it is downright gloomy and often hard to see any contrast between the players and you have to wonder what idiotic rationale was behind that.Apart from that the story was full of images and style and really did not have a good narrative. I have just finished watching 'The Challenger' - that focused on Feynman's role in the enquiry - now that is the way to tell a story.

Wow. I was so happy to find out that there was a movie about Richard Feynman. I have read a couple of his books, and I am totally amazed of his life. What he has achieved in science and what he has done outside science... he was such a character. To me, one of the most interesting characters I know.Everything begun well. There was certain quotes from Feynman's books that I expected. I was happy. But soon enough I realized everything was not OK... this was only a love story between Richard and Arline! No, there is certainly nothing wrong with a love story. This might be a decent love story between two individuals. But for people who know who Richard Feynman was, this must be a huge disappointment. He was so much more than this. He deserved more than this, and I still hope he gets a movie which is more than this.If you liked the movie and ended up wondering what else Feynman did during his lifetime, read his books (start up with Surely You Are Joking, Mr. Feynman). Even if you did not like the movie, but you want to know more about Feynman, read the book. If you are, or if you are not, interested in science, read the book. Feynman deserves to be known better... he is one of the best scientists of our time, and one of the greatest persons of our time.

Matthew Broderick should be remembered for this film alone! His directing is wonderful and he manages to capture the beauty of New Mexico and the essential character of Richard Feynman. Patricia Arquette does her best work in her career in this film. He manages to capture the lessons of Feynman's youth and the influence of his father. This may be the essence of Feynman's genius and his ability to keep things in perspective despite the enormity of the undertaking and the severity of life. The scenes with Feynman's young wife Arline capture his playfulness and ability to teach through analogy and demonstration, the hallmark of his instructive method.

Cute and well meaning, if not exactly riveting. It should be given extra marks for trying very very hard not to be schmaltzy, even though it still is. British viewers may be reminded throughout of Frank Spencer - the modulation of Matthew Broderick's 'jewish' accent has distinctly ooh Bettyish notes.