A great film that documents an incredible life

Rating: 8/10 (26 February 2015)

I went to see the theory of everything not thinking it was going to my cup of tea but I actually ended up loving it. This is the life story of professor Stephen hawking and his relationship with his wife and his debilitating disease. Now one of the biggest compliments I believe you can give an actor in a film like this is when you forget who is acting and you see the person in front of you and Eddie Redmanyne did this superbly. His performance was fantastic as he not only had to play this iconic person but because of the disease his performance had to be adapted and change throughout and that was so enthralling to watch and he is definitely worth his Oscar win. Felicity Jones plays his wife Jane and she is also fantastic, their chemistry is really what carries the film and make it easy to watch and without that this film wouldn't be worth it at all. She deserves her Oscar nomination for her role that has launched her career. Credit to Charlie Cox as well who even though his role is small he does a great job with it. To be honest this is a simple love story but it mixes with hawkings disability to make it an emotional roller-coaster. However, I really wanted to know more about hawkings work and his relationship with his studies but you get hardly any of that in favour of the romance aspect. These script was a massive surprise because of just how much comedy and humour there was that really helped the film flow. The style of the film was a bit of a mixed bag as the film is shot beautifully but there was some stylistic choices that I thought were a little too much and took me out of the film. Overall I really enjoyed this film and I would advise you to see it.