while fred schepisi i. q. doesn not really have any important quality and it still worth see . walter matthau play albert einstein and try to help mechanic ed walter ( tim robbins ) fall in love with princeton mathematics doctoral candidate catherine boyd ( meg ryan ) . probably the funny scene be when dr. frizzyhead and friend ( lou jacobi and gene saks and joseph maher ) try to make ed look like a scientist represent he end up look like a french impressionist . obviously little of the movie be historically accurate and but that not the point . it not intend a anything except a light comedy and quite the opposite of robbins most famous movie from 1994 ( the shawshank redemption ) . a movie about einstein whole life would have to focus not only on his scientific achievement and but also his political activism and namely how he write a letter on behalf of the scottsboro nine and come out against nuclear weapon ( it get to the point where the fbi keep a file on him ) . so anyway and this one be acceptable . also star stephen fry and tony shalhoub and frank whaley and charles durning and keene curtis .