Endearing and beautiful

Rating: 8/10 (18 February 2015)

Stephen Hawking is a man whose deficiencies seem to have stuck with the image the public forms of this celebrated scientist. The feeling one gets from watching The Theory Of Everything is that before his illness started leaving its mark, Hawking acted like an ordinary scholar. Of course his brilliance is now very much acknowledged and the fact is that his theories would have come to light whether or not he had to battle the disease.
Anyways, this movie is adapted from Jane Hawking's memoir "Travelling To Infinity: My Life With Stephen" and is a story about the many difficulties that their marriage had to endure as Stephen fought to live and find a way to make his life's work meaningful, and on the other end, the commitment Jane gave to her marriage, despite everything going against it. With two heavy protagonists such as these, top talent was needed and suffice to say that Redmayne and Jones were more than up to the task. Redmayne gives one of the best performances of the year as he plays three stages of the character. The transition from one stage to another is phenomenal and brings the best out of our leading man. Felicity Jones does equally well, although her role isn't as flashy. Still her charming and charismatic nature allow for a great turn, when one could expect a less than good performance.
While the movie does come together beautifully through it's two leads, the filmmaking process isn't as strong with the biopic structure being very normally used. Johann Johannsson's soundtrack is a delight to hear though and along with the performances, are the best part of the film. The Theory Of Everything isn't the most brilliant film in this year's Oscars, but it certainly is worth it to see some of the best performances of the year and hear a rich score that I hope, deservedly, wins an Academy Award.
Rating: 8/10