Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones star in this emotional but life affirming drama, The Theory of Everything. Redmayne plays the role of Prof. Stephen Hawking and Felicity his first wife Jane.
This biopic charts the younger Stephen Hawking in his university days where he's blessed with amazing intelligence working in astrophysics and meeting the beautiful Jane. However, as his university days come to a close, and marriage is on the cards, he soon finds he is struck with a debilitating illness. The movie charts his deterioration, and the stresses and struggles that is placed on the family as three kids, a wife and a husband who has no way of getting better desperately try to keep a normal organised life.
Eddie Redmayne's performance is beyond mere words. I cannot put into a good enough sentence on how amazing this man made you believe the story of Stephen Hawking. Any award in the world or cosmos that is given to him for the performance is well deserved and I literally applaud him for it! I cannot believe the difference in acting between this masterpiece and the acting he did in Jupiter Ascending. Maybe it was the directors of Jupiter or maybe this was a labour of love to a man he respected but I cannot fault his performance. Felicity Jones is also fantastic as Jane who went through a rough time of it as well - and she perfectly captures the feel and frustration of a future that would be difficult to live through.
The film is based on a book written by Hawking's ex-wife - and that was a major worry for me as stuff written by an ex could really be something of a reveal or get-back at the person they are writing about. But, it seems this particular tome has been written honestly and from the heart and is told emotionally and truthfully and even Stephen Hawking himself said that it was as close to time travel as he could get. It's a sad, sad story, it really is, but it's also life affirming. Through the tears you see a mischievous Stephen Hawking with his trademark humour, his thoughtful whimsies and the fact that through it all we still have him with us today. At the ripe old age of 73 now, he has come a long way since the doctor diagnosed him with the disease in the 1960's and gave him 2 years to live.
It's a sad story, it's an interesting story, but above all, it's a human story. I really liked this and it gave a picture into the man who is now a living legend, but also we can at least begin to see the man behind the myth.
The Theory of Everything is rated 12A and is out today, May 11th on DVD and Blu Ray and all good download sites now.
This biopic charts the younger Stephen Hawking in his university days where he's blessed with amazing intelligence working in astrophysics and meeting the beautiful Jane. However, as his university days come to a close, and marriage is on the cards, he soon finds he is struck with a debilitating illness. The movie charts his deterioration, and the stresses and struggles that is placed on the family as three kids, a wife and a husband who has no way of getting better desperately try to keep a normal organised life.
Eddie Redmayne's performance is beyond mere words. I cannot put into a good enough sentence on how amazing this man made you believe the story of Stephen Hawking. Any award in the world or cosmos that is given to him for the performance is well deserved and I literally applaud him for it! I cannot believe the difference in acting between this masterpiece and the acting he did in Jupiter Ascending. Maybe it was the directors of Jupiter or maybe this was a labour of love to a man he respected but I cannot fault his performance. Felicity Jones is also fantastic as Jane who went through a rough time of it as well - and she perfectly captures the feel and frustration of a future that would be difficult to live through.
The film is based on a book written by Hawking's ex-wife - and that was a major worry for me as stuff written by an ex could really be something of a reveal or get-back at the person they are writing about. But, it seems this particular tome has been written honestly and from the heart and is told emotionally and truthfully and even Stephen Hawking himself said that it was as close to time travel as he could get. It's a sad, sad story, it really is, but it's also life affirming. Through the tears you see a mischievous Stephen Hawking with his trademark humour, his thoughtful whimsies and the fact that through it all we still have him with us today. At the ripe old age of 73 now, he has come a long way since the doctor diagnosed him with the disease in the 1960's and gave him 2 years to live.
It's a sad story, it's an interesting story, but above all, it's a human story. I really liked this and it gave a picture into the man who is now a living legend, but also we can at least begin to see the man behind the myth.
The Theory of Everything is rated 12A and is out today, May 11th on DVD and Blu Ray and all good download sites now.
POPSCORE: 8/10
What am I talking about? The movie The Theory of Everything
Where can I find out more? http://www.thetheoryofeverythingmovie.co.uk/
If you like this try: The Imitation Game, Boyhood
Anything else?
The movie is based on a book written by his ex-wife Jane Hawking (nee Wilde) called Travelling to Infinity: my Life With Stephen.
Here's something else too that I've noticed but no one's has mentioned - seasoned actor Adam Godley plays Frank Hawking in the BBC 2004 adaption Hawking starring Benedict Cumberbatch. But - he also plays the senior doctor giving Eddie Redmayne's Hawking his diagnosis in The Theory of Everything. You heard it here first guys! :-)
"There should be no boundaries to human endeavour. We are all different. However bad life may seem, there is always something you can do, and succeed at. While there's life, there is hope."
Anything else?
The movie is based on a book written by his ex-wife Jane Hawking (nee Wilde) called Travelling to Infinity: my Life With Stephen.
Here's something else too that I've noticed but no one's has mentioned - seasoned actor Adam Godley plays Frank Hawking in the BBC 2004 adaption Hawking starring Benedict Cumberbatch. But - he also plays the senior doctor giving Eddie Redmayne's Hawking his diagnosis in The Theory of Everything. You heard it here first guys! :-)
"There should be no boundaries to human endeavour. We are all different. However bad life may seem, there is always something you can do, and succeed at. While there's life, there is hope."
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