The Theory of Everything

— Eddie Redmayne’s performance is incredible and reason enough to see the film. Good thing too, since even though it’s very well done, I left wondering what I was supposed to take away from it. It’s a perfectly fine story of a brilliant person overcoming the odds, experiencing great love, and making signification contributions to the fields of cosmology and quantum gravity. But come on, without Redmayne’s performance and James Marsh’s expert direction, it would be, as Willie Waffle says, really just “the adult, classy version of 'The Fault in Our Stars'.”

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[2014. 123 min. Directed by James Marsh. Starring Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones.]
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/toronto-film-festival/11081593/The-Theory-of-Everything-review-tasteful-and-affecting.html