An insult to the physicist Stephen Hawking

Rating: 1/10 (8 April 2015)

One of the most brilliant scientists or our time, one that has spent his life thinking about general relativity, special relativity and quantum mechanics. And what do they do? They focus on his family live. I'm sorry but if I go and see a film about Senna I want to see a film about Senna the racing driver. If I go and see a film about Edmund Hillary I want see a film about Edmund Hillary the explorer, if I go and see a film about Pele I wand to see a film about Pele the football player. What I don't want to do is see some generic family drama where protagonist X deals with obstacle Y and receives bittersweet ending Z.
This is Hollywood at its worst, instead of trying to step up to Stephen Hawking's level and actually make an inspiring film about physics and the universe (in the spirit of Carl Sagan), they have taken him down to their level so that he makes sense to the average man on the street. You may not realize it but this movie spits on Stephen Hawking's accomplishment as a theoretical physicist.