Review 338: The Theory of Everything
The Theory of Everything is an incredible Bio Pic, an incredibly touching portrait of one of Sciences greatest and most enduring minds as well as a showcase for some wonderful acting from both Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones.
Based on the memoir, Travelling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen by Jane Hawking, Once a healthy, active young man, Stephen Hawking (Eddie Redmayne) received an earth-shattering diagnosis at 21 years of age. With his wife Jane (Felicity Jones) fighting tirelessly by his side, Stephen embarks on his most ambitious scientific work, studying the very thing he now has precious little of - time. Together, they defy impossible odds, breaking new ground in medicine and science, and achieving more than they could ever have dreamed.
The plot is a marvel, it tells the story of one single man and not just any man but a genius, who changed the way we the way we look at the universe and who also went through a lot of troubles and had to overcome a lot of obstacles to stay alive.
What this movie shows us and conveys so well is that Stephen Hawking was a remarkable man, a genius. Though he had a loads of diffuculties, he
At its core, The Theory of Everything is essentially a love story: A very unusual love story set in a very strange environment, a very strange sort of landscape. It shows how these two people (Stephen Hawking and Jane Wilde) transcend all the complications and curveballs that life throws at them.
So in essence, it's a bio pic of a relationship. It becomes a story of what its like to live with someone who has a disability and genius at the same time.
Director James Marsh direction is sentive and nuanced, demonstrating his ability to nuance in his characters and direct the cinematography is stunning and captures the beauty of Cambridge in the 60's, the costumes are fabulous, the scenery is breathtaking, score by Jóhann Jóhannsson is simply beautiful, the make up is rich and beautifully detailed. The production design (recreating 60's England) is splendid and the effect of the ending is extremely uplifitng.
The acting is tremendous, Eddie Redmayne & Felicity Jones are fabulous as Stephen & Jane Hawking respectively. When Stephen and Jane first meet at Cambridge, its a meeting of minds essentially. They both had this intellectual curiosity and instantly there was a connection between them.
What Eddie conveys and internalises onscreen so authentically is the four different stages of illness that Stephen Hawking went through: staring off able bodied, then having to use a stick, then two, going into a wheelchair and then tragically loosing his voice.
Charlie Cox is also strong and noteworthy playing Jonathan Jones, Jane Hawking's second husband.
Harry Lloyd is impressed playing Brian, Hawking’s room-mate.
As Dennis Sciama, David Thewlis essentially plays an alternative version of Remus Lupin from Harry Potter but it works superbly for this film. Dennis Sciama was one of Stephen Hwaking's professors at Cambridge. He was one of the
Simon McBurney is terrific playing Frank Hawking, Stephen's father. Their relationship is very much a relationship of an academic father with an ancademic son so their raport is that of people who are all in the know.
Emily Watson also playing Beryl Wilde, Jane's mother
5/5.
The Anonymous Critic.
What this movie shows us and conveys so well is that Stephen Hawking was a remarkable man, a genius. Though he had a loads of diffuculties, he
So in essence, it's a bio pic of a relationship. It becomes a story of what its like to live with someone who has a disability and genius at the same time.
Director James Marsh direction is sentive and nuanced, demonstrating his ability to nuance in his characters and direct the cinematography is stunning and captures the beauty of Cambridge in the 60's, the costumes are fabulous, the scenery is breathtaking, score by Jóhann Jóhannsson is simply beautiful, the make up is rich and beautifully detailed. The production design (recreating 60's England) is splendid and the effect of the ending is extremely uplifitng.
The acting is tremendous, Eddie Redmayne & Felicity Jones are fabulous as Stephen & Jane Hawking respectively. When Stephen and Jane first meet at Cambridge, its a meeting of minds essentially. They both had this intellectual curiosity and instantly there was a connection between them.
What Eddie conveys and internalises onscreen so authentically is the four different stages of illness that Stephen Hawking went through: staring off able bodied, then having to use a stick, then two, going into a wheelchair and then tragically loosing his voice.
Charlie Cox is also strong and noteworthy playing Jonathan Jones, Jane Hawking's second husband.
Harry Lloyd is impressed playing Brian, Hawking’s room-mate.
As Dennis Sciama, David Thewlis essentially plays an alternative version of Remus Lupin from Harry Potter but it works superbly for this film. Dennis Sciama was one of Stephen Hwaking's professors at Cambridge. He was one of the
Simon McBurney is terrific playing Frank Hawking, Stephen's father. Their relationship is very much a relationship of an academic father with an ancademic son so their raport is that of people who are all in the know.
Emily Watson also playing Beryl Wilde, Jane's mother
5/5.
The Anonymous Critic.
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