great performances in sepia tone biopic

Rating: 8/10 (9 June 2015)

In 1963 Cambridge, Stephen Hawking (Eddie Redmayne) meets Jane Wilde (Felicity Jones) at an university party. Professor Dennis Sciama (David Thewlis) tries to push him. Then he takes a fall. He's diagnosed with Lou Gehrigs disease and given 2 years to live. She marries him anyways and they have 3 children. She brings in music teacher Jonathan (Charlie Cox) to help.
This is a fairly simple inspirational story but it's done very well. It allows for simple scenes like the wheelchair scene to breathe and exist. There's also the tremendous work done by Redmayne. Felicity Jones gets the less flashy role but just as impressive of a performance. The science is explained simply. The personal story is touching and surprisingly deep. The movie is a little light and a bit sepia tone. It could have been harder-hitting but this version of biopic works well enough.