Want Proof of God's Existence! Just Look at Stephen Hawking!

Rating: 9/10 (6 December 2015)

Eddie Redmayne earned his Academy Award and also an OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) for his services to drama. His performance of the great physicist Stephen Hawking CBE, CH, was captivating, believable, and executed with perfection. Redmayne has performed Hawking with sincerity, intelligence, and without pity. His performance is one of the year's best and perhaps the best in a long time. His character's illness slowly progresses his physical abilities but not his mental capacity. He is still a a genius and his survival defied the odds and life expectancy of only two years. He is now in his seventies and is active as ever. Despite his inabilities, he is still a brilliant genius but a human being with flaws as well. He became a husband, father, professor, author, and even speaker without his voice. The talking box conveys the only voice that most of the world is aware of Hawking. Despite his inability to speak due to a tracheotomy, he has still endured and survived. I don't know what qualifies for a miracle but Hawking is an example of one. He still is going strong. I also enjoyed the performances by Felicity Jones as his devoted wife Jane Wilde and Maxine Peake who played Elaine Mason, his nurse. Emily Watson also plays Jane's mother too. David Thewlis is remarkable as Hawking's mentor professor.