The Theory of Everything

2014 • 123 minutes
4.4
476 reviews
80%
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About this movie

The Theory of Everything is the extraordinary true story of one of the world's greatest living minds, the renowned astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, who falls deeply in love with fellow Cambridge student Jane Wilde. Once a healthy, active young man, Hawking received an earth-shattering diagnosis at 21 years of age. With Jane fighting tirelessly by his side, Stephen embarks on his most ambitious scientific work, studying the very thing he now has precious little of – time. Together, they defy impossible odds, breaking new ground in medicine and science, and achieving more than they could ever have dreamed.

Ratings and reviews

4.4
476 reviews
Just Visiting
February 17, 2015
there's a Jane. Excellent film, which allows us to get better acquainted with a man's personal fight, and to meet a strong-willed woman. His wife, played by a Felicity Jones deserving of Oscar's recognition, certainly had a lot to do with the subsequent success of Hawking as a writer, and maybe even with the number of years the professor added to the initial two that were supposed to be left. But contrary to time, marriages sometimes come to an end, and when it does for Stephen and Jane, in this poignant moment the film succeeds in having the viewer feel what it must be to fall into a black hole.
Ben Sangwich
March 6, 2015
Yes yes, I know it says under it's genre that it's a comedy, but you know it's not. Sure it's a bit funny, but this has to be the SADDEST movie I have ever seen in my life so far. If you likes sad movies, and real life ones too, then watch this movie. If not, don't watch it. Warning: You will cry...a LOT!
jeff peller
March 5, 2015
If you play a mental/physical handicap. ....you will win the Oscar for best actor. ....weird.....The list is long. The BBC Documentary on Hawking is a million times better.