The Theory of Everything

Focus Features | Release Date: November 7, 2014

7.8	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 573 Ratings

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jobin1988Jan 16, 2015

what a piece of crap....i hated this formulaic stupid movie....it was the 'oh my love conquers all' garbage we've seen a million times and then love doesn't conquer all...maybe if they actually made a movie about the dillemma of that realwhat a piece of crap....i hated this formulaic stupid movie....it was the 'oh my love conquers all' garbage we've seen a million times and then love doesn't conquer all...maybe if they actually made a movie about the dillemma of that real circumstance rather than this inspirational bull hogwash....it ends up not even being inspirational....they don't end up together people....so why this 'ain't love grand....can't it move mountains'....real life set in and love left town...this is a sappy afterschool special only admired because of it's veddy english connection and all that royal academy theatuh tripe and shakespeare babies.....they still have a queen, people...no power ...but they still have one......and the acting does nothing new...nothing fresh....it is nothing more than a boring film with english accents, so of course the academy rewards it because they are pretentious morons who buy into the myth that only the english are true actors....that is not to say there aren't amazing brittish film....28 days later....the long good friday....gregory's girl....educating rita.....billy elliot....billy liar....this sporting life....anything by mike leigh....any monty python.....time bandits.....brazil....trainspotting....anything kubrick....saturday night and sunday morning....don't look now....sammy and rosie.....my beautiful laundrette......hunger.....and so very many more....if redmayne wins it's the academy rewarding the disease and why is jones even in here....so so acting at best....a terrible move....birdman deserves everything.....… Expand

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thelloydfamilyJan 18, 2015

Not been this bored by a movie since watching the Expendables and vowing never to watch one of the sequels. Eddie Redmayne is the most wooden actor I have ever seen, from the Pillars of the Earth to Les Miserables his habit of staring offNot been this bored by a movie since watching the Expendables and vowing never to watch one of the sequels. Eddie Redmayne is the most wooden actor I have ever seen, from the Pillars of the Earth to Les Miserables his habit of staring off into the near distance, blatantly reading autocue and lack of emotion means that his playing of Stephen Hawking must not receive the Oscar. Why, because he isn't acting!!!! Also, the blatant use of Americanisms to sell it to the US. In the UK it is Leg or Breast, not light meat or dark meat. Also it is Motor Neurone Disease in the UK and ALS in the US, until Ice Bucket no-one here would have referred to Lou Gehrigs Disease and certainly not in 1963.… Expand

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RuPaulNov 18, 2014

Contrived, poorly written, and executed by someone who clearly struggles to convey melodrama over documentaries. Redmayne's performance is greatly overrated--lower your expectations lest you be as disappointed as I. Far from the next My LeftContrived, poorly written, and executed by someone who clearly struggles to convey melodrama over documentaries. Redmayne's performance is greatly overrated--lower your expectations lest you be as disappointed as I. Far from the next My Left Foot, he shows greatest success in mimicry but fails to convey any consistent character beyond. Felicity Jones is nice and works well with all the cliches, but it is pointless in this ultimately purposeless BBC-grade drama.… Expand

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Pelen23Feb 24, 2015

This fairy tale like bio pic is is poorly written and emotionally manipulative with its overused cheesy score, Felicity Jones completed the film with only two facial impressions and got an oscar nomination for this , wow! Eddie Redmayne wasThis fairy tale like bio pic is is poorly written and emotionally manipulative with its overused cheesy score, Felicity Jones completed the film with only two facial impressions and got an oscar nomination for this , wow! Eddie Redmayne was slightly better but I don't find his performance powerful . There was absolutely no screen chemistry between redmayne and jones.… Expand

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Eilidh2Apr 4, 2015

A paint-by-numbers biopic with a lead performane from Eddie Redmayne which won an Oscar.. now to my astonishment having seen the film. He contorts his face and body. He speaks unintelligibly. Oh yeah, he wears his glasses lopsided before heA paint-by-numbers biopic with a lead performane from Eddie Redmayne which won an Oscar.. now to my astonishment having seen the film. He contorts his face and body. He speaks unintelligibly. Oh yeah, he wears his glasses lopsided before he falls ill. That's it. His wife miraculously remains looking 22ish throughout the film.
Not recommended.… Expand

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Sebe2012Feb 24, 2015

Another mediocre film with okay performances. Redmaynes performance is ok but not amazing . However felicity jones is way too weak and hard to understand the hype.i hated the films tone , that Disneyish tone was awful and a serious biopicAnother mediocre film with okay performances. Redmaynes performance is ok but not amazing . However felicity jones is way too weak and hard to understand the hype.i hated the films tone , that Disneyish tone was awful and a serious biopic should be told like that… Expand

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Dostoyevsky3May 31, 2022

The critics have no morality if they think a good movie is one that has a dude who throws away his wife and everything she’s done for him just for another woman who shows him porn. The only thing this movie is telling me is that atheists areThe critics have no morality if they think a good movie is one that has a dude who throws away his wife and everything she’s done for him just for another woman who shows him porn. The only thing this movie is telling me is that atheists are immoral because they are too arrogant to be under a divine being.… Expand

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