Rotten
Pleasing to watch... but [leaves] little lasting impression.
Elaine Teng, The New Republic
The Theory of Everything
His mind changed our world. Her love changed his.
2014 · 2h 3m · PG-13
Drama, Romance
Directed by
James Marsh
Overview
The Theory of Everything is the extraordinary 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.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
81%
Tomatometer
Fresh
If the film unfolds like a fairytale, at least it's a fairytale that doesn't often get told.
Katie Kilkenny, The Atlantic
Rotten
There's little acrimony in The Theory of Everything, which may reflect Hawking's actual outlook or just the movie's puppyish desire to please.
Mark Jenkins, NPR
Rotten
Director Marsh is a gifted documentarian, but at this point, his dramatic technique is too shallow to get inside his characters' heads.
David Edelstein, Vulture
Fresh
The film both adheres to and gently upends the conventions of the Great Man genre.
Richard Corliss, TIME Magazine
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