When There is Life, There Will Be Hope

Rating: 9/10 (9 January 2015)

It's not a film full with science, massive actions and stunning visual effects, it's just a simple story narrating the life of a noble scientist. Not knowing of how true is the screenwriters adapting Stephen Hawking's life to the big screen, but the moderate pacing does not upset the audiences as it fills with a lot of interesting theoretic dialogues which some might be funny and the special yet specific cinematography has successfully crafted a beautiful life full of love. A big applause for Eddie Redmayne who has worked hard to portray a character with motor neuron disease that looks extremely real, nature yet pitiful; while Felicity Jones is doing great to support by building up a charming and emotional chemistry. With amazing and calm scores from Jóhann Jóhannsson to enhance the overall tone of the film, the biopic inspires us that when there is life, there will be hope and so, to be courageous, to be strong in overcoming challenges, it will still be successful in achieving dreams. It also ends impressively and audiences would have stunt for a moment thinking on what we have made so far in our life.