Review of The Theory of Everything (2014) by Ukala — 23 Feb 2015

Ok so let me start of by saying that Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones and Harry lloyd did a wonderful performance in this movie.

The Theory of Everything for the first hour of the film captures an amazing part of Steven's life, but after the first hour you are left feeling disappointed, I know this is what happens but Jane dancing around with this christian man and building a tent together does not qualify as character development, the same goes with Steven's nurse, they fail to gave that charm which an audience needs to connect with, I know this movie it trying to stick with the facts but changing the plot a little would not have hurt at all.

Harry lloyd's character that in the moments we saw him really gave that best friend vibe, and it's really upsetting his character was not given a bigger role because it would've really helped saved this film in the last hour.

Eddie Redmayne was fantastic as Steven but after an hour there was no longer a connection with him, I found myself having to listen really carefully to what he was saying, and I was very upset because his performance was great and then cut short, it's like the final hour of the film was rushed and not thought about at all, and as for the nurse he falls in love with, I did not see how Eddie pretending to be a dalek is enough to announce a break up 5 minutes later. These parts were Steven and Jane had their moments with their future partners felt so cliché it was like watching a Disney movie because it was like they just gave up on trying to make a great final hour as opposed to the first hour which was great.

Finally, Felicity Jones who had such a great start and gave such a great performance, at first her character was shy and coming out and wanting to help Steven even though his condition was worsening, but then she meets a man who can play the piano (Who comes off as very dis-likable, as does Steven's nurse) and 3 minutes of montage time and all that connection that we built up with that character was just ended, making the audience feel for her but dislike the character at the same time.

This film was great seriously, it's just the final hour that becomes unbearable, there is not enough character development, and I don't see why these characters were given more screen time than Harry lloyd's character because I think if they used him instead of the two most annoying characters in this movie then the final hour would've been saved. I don't see why they didn't change the story a little.

The last part I have a problem with is the ending, it's trying to do something phenomenal and great, and that would've worked and became truly emotional if they had not ruined the story after the first hour.