Should have focused more on Hawking's passions for science and discovery!

Rating: 8/10 (3 December 2014)

'THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING': Four Stars (Out of Five)
The Oscar contender biopic about renowned physicist Stephen Hawking and his relationship with his wife, Jane Wilde Hawking. It's based on Jane's memoir 'Traveling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen' and focuses more on her point of view; of their lives together. The film stars Eddie Redmayne as Stephen Hawking and Felicity Jones as his wife Jane. It costars Charlie Cox, Emily Watson, Simon McBurney and David Thewlis. It was directed by James Marsh and written by Anthony McCarten. Hawking approved of the film's production (and the finished product) and even provided his Equalizer computerized voice, for his character in the movie. I found the film to be pretty well made, and somewhat interesting, but also a tad too slow and uninvolving (in places).
The story begins when Jane Wilde (Jones) first met Stephen Hawking (Redmayne) and follows their relationship, as he first finds out he has motor neuron disease. She stays with him, through the hard times, and accepts his proposal for marriage. The two have a family together as Hawking continues to pursue his dreams in physics, and eventually becomes one of the most famous physicists of all-time. The story stays focused on the couple's love for each other and doesn't stray too much into the details of Hawking's groundbreaking scientific discoveries.
As a love story I thought the film was very sweet and touching; I especially like how it shows the ways in which Stephen and Jane made things work, despite their troubles; especially the ones brought about by Stephen being an atheist and Jane being a faithful Christian. Still I'm not a big fan of biopics and I had hoped a movie about one of the greatest geniuses of all-time would have focused more on his passions for science and discovery, rather than just being another routine relationship study. The performances are good though and the directing is decent. It's definitely a movie worth seeing, even if it doesn't quite deserve all of it's hype and possible (upcoming) awards recognition.
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