No Deeper than a Shallow Weeper

Rating: 4/10 (23 April 2015)

Eddie Redmayne arguably Deserved the Oscar for Portraying Stephen Hawking in the Film, but that is where the Applauding Stops. This is one of the most Disappointing Films of Recent Years.
The Movie of the Week Story, is so Familiar because it has been Done so Many Times it's a Staple of the Inspirational, Highly Emotional, and Touching Stories of a Handicapped Person that Overcomes all the Odds and Survives and Flourishes Despite Overwhelming Obstacles.
But the Twist here is that this Person is a Genius and one of the Best Minds of Our Time. But His Particular Gift is in Physics and Cosmology and We get very Little Exploration of the Brilliance that made Hawking the Talk of the Scientific Community.
It's like a Tarzan Movie that Focuses on Jane and tells of Her Trials of being In Love with an Anomaly. OK, but it Ignores the Elephant in the Room.
So Ignoring the Elephant, the Film is a somewhat Interesting Love Story, but the Movie Decides it is the Only Story to be Told about this Brilliant Man and the Wife that Stood by His Wheelchair Until She Didn't. The Movie is a Deceit and Never Tries to get into Stephen's Head, and that's where the Gold is.
So We don't Discover much about His Treasured Intellect or His Work and its Effect on His Peers and Scientific Community in General, or Why He is so Revered as an Innovator of Thought. His Breakthroughs are so Glossed Over that the Filmmakers must have Thought it was Beyond the Comprehension of Us Average Humans.
How are We Seekers going to Learn about Complex Things if They are Withheld like some sort of Sacred Fruit Fit Only for the Gods. The Audience is Given a Glimpse of the Apple but are Never Allowed Close Enough to Take a Bite.
Overall, it s basically a Bio-Pic-Chick-Flick and a Family Friendly Foray that is a Weeper, Withdrawn, and Frustrating the way it Hints at One Thing and Shows Us Another. For a Movie about a Deep Thinker, this one Turns Out to be a Shallow Stinker.