Review of The Theory of Everything (2014) by Ratedrex — 07 Jan 2016

Actors who play challenged, handicapped or crazed people always seems to get acclaim. Because it is not the acting that is great but the role. Whoever would have played the Joker in "The Dark Knight" would have been nominated.

Linda Blair got nominated for her role in "The Exorcist", but she sucked in everything else. I think Eddie Redmayne is a fine actor, but really, what did he do that was so special? The role is what won him the award, not his acting.

I thought Bradley Cooper in "American Sniper" and Michael Keaton in "Birdman" were better. However, you couldn't always "see" them acting. You can definitely see Redmayne acting because the character he plays is so much more different than Redmayne is in real life.

I think it is much harder to play Al Pacino's Michael Corleone than it is to play Jack Nicholson's two dimensional role in "One flew over the Cuckoo's Nest" (Nicholson didn't even have to act), but tell that to award voters.

They always seem to preferred the extreme. "The Theory of Everything is a decent movie, nothing spectacular. Its worth a look. Yet, in three years most of us will forget that this movie was ever made.