*** Outstanding !! ***

Rating: 9/10 (8 June 2015)

No gunshots. No explosions. No tsunamis or other natural disasters. No monsters, real or imagined. No dramatic vehicular chase scenes, nor gratuitous sex. Simply marvelous portraiture. While the supporting cast all performed very well, if Redmayne had been the only player, the film would have rated an 11. From all I've seen and read, he portrayed Dr. Hawking with an accuracy verging on cloning. My wife and I are probably as critical of films as the most vitriolic reviewer; here we saw nothing to reproach. If you want to gain a sense of the greatest intellect of our time and be immersed in a performance for the ages, see this film!