Review of The Theory of Everything (2014) by Nicholasbert — 26 Jan 2015

Apart from excellent acting performances (and I daresay Felicity Jones's one is better than Eddie Redmayne's), The Theory of Everything does nothing to pull the audience into a subtler, less clichéd story. Those of you who expected science can stop watching immediately - unfortunately, the love story that is the substitute central plot element is not interesting enough to draw the attention of romantic-movie fans.

The Theory of Everything makes Hawking's disabilities basically the only thing worth mentioning, flying over his achievements and even his general way of picturing the world - and rather focusing on his wife and his love story, despite the lack of the amount of drama this would require to be effective.

In general, a clumsily edited picture with no pretenses and presented as an unfortunate series of clichés about scientists, handicap and extramarital relationships, in this order.