The first film to make me cry

Rating: 10/10 (4 January 2015)

I watch a lot of films, but for some reason they don't make me cry. I've sat through Schindler's list, The Pianist, Forrest Gump, One flew over the cuckoos nest, Green Mile etc. and never shed a tear.
The Theory of Everything had me welling up in about three places, and I came out an emotional wreck. I'm not quite sure why, but something about the mix between horrendous tragedy and incredible inspiration which go hand in hand in this movie, and in Stephen Hawking's life, is just incredibly moving. It captures the essence of being human; the constant tension between calamity and euphoria which touches all our lives in one way or another. The two lead actors (playing Stephen and Jane Hawking) were simply phenomenal. An amazing emotional roller-coaster through the highs and lows of human experience.