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The Theory of Everything

2014 · Movie · PG-13 · 123 min · ★ 7.8 · 76% critics

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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 AwardBest Actor · 2015
  • Academy AwardBest Original Score · 2015 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Actress · 2015 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Actor · 2015 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Picture · 2015 · nominated
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  • Academy AwardBest Writing, Adapted Screenplay · 2015 · nominated

Cast & crew

Directed by James Marsh