Genius There Behind the Scenes

Rating: 8/10 (9 January 2015)

I really enjoyed the wonderful acting in this film. Both leads and a couple of the supporting cast are top notch. What occurred to me after seeing it and reveling in the characterization is that while it's a nice love story, it could have been about almost any talented person who hooks up with an amazing, loyal woman. What I am saying is it is more a story of triumph than a story about Stephen Hawking and what he truly is. We see his day to day existence and his conquest of strife, but we know little of the professional man other than the rewards he receives and the controversy he engenders. Of course, he is the representation of modern physics and cosmology, but that is left for us to read for ourselves. There are documentaries exploring his life as a physicist and some are superior to this. Nevertheless, the love story where one gives all one has for another is hard to dismiss. I found out that Eddie Redmayne spent time with the great genius in order to capture his essence. He spoke of Hawking's great sense of humor and what an incredible labor it is to be him. This will probably be nominated for some Oscars, but beyond the acting categories I don't see much else.