Review of The Theory of Everything (2014) by Josh-D. D — 08 Aug 2015

Nice dramatization of one of the greatest minds of our era, and the struggles he's endured.

This review of The Theory of Everything (2014) was written by Josh-D. D on 08 Aug 2015.

The Theory of Everything has generally received very positive reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

More Reviews of The Theory of Everything

Review of The Theory of Everything (2014)

By Micheal Compton (319) for Bowling Green Daily News (319) on 24 Jan 2019

Adheres to the standard biography blueprint. What helps The Theory of Everything rise above mediocrity is Redmayne and Jones…

Read Review

Review of The Theory of Everything (2014)

By Anny C (5) on 29 Dec 2017

Great movie. Superb acting by Eddie Redmayne…

Read Review

Review of The Theory of Everything (2014)

By Jasmine D (68) on 08 Aug 2017

A heart wrenching film with lovable characters, talented actors based on a true story…

Read Review

Review of The Theory of Everything (2014)

By Lauren B (693) on 15 Apr 2018

The 2014 film The Theory of Everything, based on Jane Hawking's memoir Travelling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen, depicts the life of…

Read Review

Review of The Theory of Everything (2014)

By Uri Klein (124) for Haaretz (130) on 11 Jan 2018

[Theory of Everything] turns him into the melodramatic hero of a limited drama - a work whose circumscribed nature clashes sharply with the…

Read Review

Review of The Theory of Everything (2014)

By Aaron Peterson (245) for The Hollywood Outsider (262) on 23 Oct 2018

While nothing revolutionary occurs in the film, the performances from Redmayne and Jones elevate this biography above your typical Oscar fare…

Read Review

Review of The Theory of Everything (2014)

By Alvaroarellano (1) on 02 Mar 2018

Me sentí siempre ajeno en uno de los personajes que admiro mucho. Me interesó su historia, no me atrapó la forma en que fue contada…

Read Review

Review of The Theory of Everything (2014)

By Sotiris K (128) on 17 Mar 2018

Interesting film, although the creators lack the courage to avoid the clichés of the genre or some lazy writing at times…

Read Review

Review of The Theory of Everything (2014)

By Kajsum W (1) on 30 Apr 2018

Such a beautiful movie. Really recommend you watch it (I cried ) (three times )…

Read Review

Review of The Theory of Everything (2014)

By Frank Ochieng (928) for SF Crowsnest (189) on 09 Nov 2018

In many ways comparable to the Ron Howard-directed A Beautiful Mind, the introspective The Theory Of Everything is a marvelous calculation…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of The King Maker (2005)

By Ali J (86) on 23 Jul 2008

Crap acting, bad direction, and awful action Choreography avoid at all costs…

Read Review

Review of Maurice (1987)

By Charis P (2) on 01 Apr 2007

Saw 4/1. I love period pieces, especially Merchant/Ivory films... this one blew. Epic story of gay angst in Pre-WWI England. 'Nough said…

Read Review

Review of Nomads (1986)

By Eddie E (26) on 13 Feb 2014

It's hard to imagine anyone thinking this is a great movie…

Read Review

Review of Red Desert (1964)

By Michael H (3,299) on 29 Mar 2012

That's two hours that could have been better utilized. An Eric Rohmer movie about people talking can be interesting…

Read Review

Review of The Falcon and the Snowman (1985)

By Dee S (158) on 12 Mar 2007

I saw it but didn't really care for it…

Read Review

Review of Taking Woodstock (2009)

By Commentscomments (4) on 30 Aug 2009

This was a lazy, charmless, unfocused, first draft of a movie, with an unusual axe to grind against old jews, upstate locals, avant garde theater…

Read Review

Review of The Anniversary Party (2001)

By David Edelstein (2,124) for Slate (2,081) on 03 Feb 2010

I had a hard time maintaining interest in (let along liking) any of these self-involved Hollywood twerps, and scene after scene is a grating…

Read Review

Review of X+Y (2014)

By Walter Chaw (1,360) for Film Freak Central (1,643) on 03 Oct 2015

I'm sort of amazed that movies like this keep getting made, which makes me the stupid one…

Read Review

Review of Brooklyn's Finest (2010)

By Peter Travers (3,602) for Rolling Stone (4,035) on 14 Nov 2009

Simultaneously full of itself and full of sh--, Brooklyn's Finest is a cop movie so shallow, dumb, derivative and infuriating that it feels…

Read Review

Review of The Pillow Book (1995)

By Steve H (1,232) on 19 Feb 2017

Very weird, I thought someone might have dropped an acid tab in my ovaltine to start with…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

Three Thousand Years of Longing

2022

65%84 Reviews

Joker

2019

81%299 Reviews

Deadpool 2

2018

76%1,635 Reviews

Hillbilly Elegy

2020

61%141 Reviews

The Invitation

2022

47%33 Reviews

A Simple Favor

2018

69%617 Reviews

Hereditary

2018

72%1,650 Reviews

Parasite

2019

88%251 Reviews

Terrifier 2

2022

64%48 Reviews

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

2023

79%186 Reviews

Movies You Viewed Recently

The Theory of Everything

2014

77%1,034 Reviews

Desecration

1999

47%6 Reviews

Sneakers

1992

71%505 Reviews

The Fisher King

1991

75%608 Reviews

Logan

2017

82%1,785 Reviews

Big Business

1988

62%236 Reviews

Sunrise

1985

85%475 Reviews

Boys Don't Cry

1999

79%648 Reviews

Lake Placid

1999

50%655 Reviews

The Call

2013

63%714 Reviews