The movie captures his struggles, his journey and the most touching relationship he had with his first wife Jane. May be Hawking would not have scaled the heights of achievement without the support of his wife. Eddie Redmayne gave a tremendous performance and no doubt that had earned him the coveted Oscar in 2014 for the best male actor. It is really hard to distinguish the on-screen Hawking from the real one just by the looks; the similarity was too much.
One of the best moments from the movie I found was when the doctor was for the first time divulging the news of his illness to Hawking. After listening to what his body would be with time, he asked ‘…and the brain?’ And it was the brain he used to his maximum capacity generating a theory of cosmos which is stuff of legend. In fact today we very often use the word Big Bang without even knowing what it stood for. It is hard to imagine that using a machine which can write less than 2 words per minute he would generate ‘A Brief History of Time’; an all-time best seller.
The female lead played by Felicity Jones was also well executed. But when you have an actor executing the role of the wheel chair bound genius to perfection, any other performance would seem pale in comparison. Yet her performance earned her a best actor female nomination at the Oscar; lost to Juliane Moore for Still Alice. But what is important is the movie very aptly recognizes the sacrifices which Jane had made in her life to make Hawking a success.
Thumbs up to the legend of Stephen Hawking who continues to be an inspiration. Thumbs up to Jane for the unfailing love she showered upon Hawking which made him succeed. A movie well made; it was nominated for the best film at Oscar but missed that to ‘Birdman’.
My rating for the movie is 4 out of 5.
P.S.: Hawking passed away on Pi Day 2018
(A young Hawking)
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