A Trip To Infinity review – what is infinity?

By Jonathon Wilson - September 28, 2022 (Last updated: May 9, 2024)
A Trip To Infinity review - what is infinity?
By Jonathon Wilson - September 28, 2022 (Last updated: May 9, 2024)
3.5

Summary

This won’t be for everyone. But the complicated matter of infinity should be checked out. And as long as you don’t mind watching a documentary that may tire your brain, give A Trip To Infinity a go.

This review of the Netflix film A Trip To Infinity does not contain spoilers.

The question as to what infinity could be is the main question in this documentary movie. Off the premise alone — “In an animated film (created by artists from 10 countries), the world’s most cutting-edge scientists and mathematicians go in search of the infinite and its mind-bending implications for the universe” — this documentary film may sound like it’ll only really fit a particular audience. But given a chance, there’s actually quite a lot more to A Trip To Infinity. In fact, this could very easily be enjoyed by those even with little interest in maths or science.

It provides some big questions, and those questions may stay with you much longer than the show will. How big is infinity? When did infinity start to exist? What makes it so big? Those are just a few of the questions within the film. And with every answer, there come even more questions. An infinite amount of questions, you could say.

This is a decently crafted doc, and the experts are very passionate about the subject. Some of what they say may go over your head at times, but it still remains an enjoyable watch from beginning to end. Actually, the film is quite mad. Do we get any answers? I don’t know. Do we end up with more questions than anything else? Probably.

Overall, it’s quite a trippy experience. And the argument around circles is one to remember. If unanswered questions are not to your interest, you may find this film extremely annoying (and likely frustrating). So don’t bother watching in that case. Yet, there’s something very interesting about the idea of infinity. And should you watch it, it’d be cool to show off your newly found knowledge of infinity to your gang of friends.

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