with great genius come great challenges

Rating: 10/10 (2 August 2015)

We're all used to seeing photos and footage of Cambridge Prof. Stephen Hawking seated in his wheelchair using a speech-generating device to talk for him. We're also used to hearing him called the world's smartest man thanks to his work on gravitational singularity theorems. But you're probably less familiar with his life story.
"The Theory of Everything" charts Hawking's life from his days as a student - where he met his first wife Jane - to his rise to international renown as a theoretical physicist. But a major part of this is Hawking's health as he succumbs to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, rendering him immobile. Through thick and thin, Jane did what she could to support him.
Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones both perform their roles flawlessly. The movie makes clear that there has always been a human side to this hero of geeks and nerds. It's a great movie, and Redmayne deserved his Oscar win.
I like to think that if Prof. Hawking debated a willfully ignorant person, Hawking would have to say only one sentence before the moron's head would fall off in confusion.