The Theory of Everything: Directed by James Marsh, Starring: Freddie Redmayne, and Felicity Jones11/27/2014 Oh boy. The Theory of Everything is a good,but not great movie. See the film kind of reminded me what a C grade is. It's what is expected you by a school everything above it is really good. The Theory of Everything is exactly what I expected,and it's good at being that, and I enjoyed watching it. It just... well I'll get to that throughout the review. So The Theory of Everything is about the relationship between Stephen Hawking,and his wife,and how they (somewhat together,but then again that would spoil it all) make it through,and learn to except his disability. It does sound like a Hallmark films story, but even those van be decent if they have a special distinguishing thing. There's a hint of that, but it's not present in the whole film. Admittedly the film does get better as it goes on and some extremely dark,and emotional stuff pops up. The beginning is where the film is at it's worst pushing the characters into a love story that doesn't work because there is not enough working chemistry. The actors are giving it their all,but it just doesn't fit together. I didn't feel anything really. It all came off shallow. Then the illness comes in,and it's surprisingly devastating to hear about. It also brings in a wild amount of emotion through the dread that rises. And then it all goes back to the love story which seems back at the "C" grade. And then the film decides to add a lot of drama which is okay,but for reasons that I won't tell you comes off uncomfortable. It may have been tailored this way intentionally. Then it all kind of slips back. The good thing is that by this moment we have actually become quite invested in the characters. We should have been from the start, but what can you do. As it finishes the film though does reach it's highpoint. The events are hard hitting enough to cause tangible emotion, and the film ties everything up at the end. An emotional moment in which after the entire film it winds back the clock meshing everything. It's nice. To bad a lot of the movie is just flat. Now again a "C" means there is a lot of good work still there. The actors for one thing are Oscar worthy. Redmayne's interpretation of Hawking is incredible,and I would also commend the people who did the make up on him whoever that was. Also Felicity Jones is good. Her and the other cast members pale to Redmayne though. Actually that's what really keeps this film going. Redmayne. Throughout the good, the bad,and the downright shallow I was impressed. I give The Theory of Everything a "C" (which means a 7).
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