
The Theory of Everything
2014 · Movie · PG-13 · 123 min · ★ 7.8 · 76% critics
A brilliant Cambridge student begins a life-changing romance while pursuing big ideas about the universe. As a serious illness reshapes daily life, the story follows love, ambition, resilience, and the strain of building a future under extraordinary pressure.
Based on The Theory of Everything
Also known as Travelling to Infinity · Travelling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen · La théorie de l'univers
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Details
- Years
- 2014
- Release date
- 2014-11-07
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 123 min
- Critic score
- 76/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.8/10 (11,125 votes)
- Budget
- $15,000,000
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you like emotional biographical dramas such as A Beautiful Mind or Walk the Line; Not for you if you want a science-heavy or upbeat romance.
Pros: moving central relationship; outstanding lead performances; inspiring resilience | Cons: light on science; sometimes slow; emotionally heavy
Themes
- husband wife relationship
- biography
- based on true story
- physicist
- based on memoir or autobiography
- fictional biography
- medical drama
- motor neuron disease
- als
- cambridge university
- inspirational
- admiring
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Actor · 2015
- Academy Award — Best Original Score · 2015 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Actress · 2015 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Actor · 2015 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Picture · 2015 · nominated
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- Academy Award — Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay · 2015 · nominated
Cast & crew

Eddie Redmayne
as Stephen Hawking

Felicity Jones
as Jane Hawking

Charlie Cox
as Jonathan Hellyer Jones

Emily Watson
as Beryl Wilde

Simon McBurney
as Frank Hawking

David Thewlis
as Dennis Sciama

Maxine Peake
as Elaine Mason

Harry Lloyd
as Brian

Tom Prior
as Robert Hawking (Age 17)
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Sophie Perry
as Lucy Hawking (Age 14)
Directed by James Marsh