The Theory Without The Practice

Rating: 4/10 (25 August 2016)

I'd put off watching this film for a long time, somehow knowing it could never be as good as it's hype...
Well. A lot of the acting is very good indeed. But the writing and direction is obtrusively mawkish and allows predictability and cliché to stand in for nuance and perception.
I'm not surprised the academy went for this. It's all surface with little real depth, saved - partially - by Redmayne's efforts to give the character truth. But, unfortunately, even he is hampered by the creatives' desire to Disney-fy Hawking's remarkable journey.
Pity really.