The Theory of Everything

Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones

Biopic of Steven Hawking - genius physicist trapped in a body that gave up in his early 20's. The main focus was on the relationship between him and his loving, caretaker wife.

Very old-fashioned - carefully staged, beautifully shot and acted with swelling music etc...but...I couldn't help but be swept up in the power of the story. A three-hanky film which seemed like a modernized version of something Douglas Sirk would have done in the 50's.

Solid, professional, moving.

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