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47 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 91HitfixGregory EllwoodHitfixGregory EllwoodMany moviegoers may think they already know a good deal about Hawking’s achievements, but they would do themselves a disservice to miss out on Redmayne’s almost perfect performance.
- 80The GuardianCatherine ShoardThe GuardianCatherine ShoardIt's a film to leave you reeling but cheered, too. It's about battling love, as well as illness. A universal story, extracted from a unique one.
- 80VarietyJustin ChangVarietyJustin ChangWhat’s onscreen is less a cerebral experience than a stirring and bittersweet love story, inflected with tasteful good humor, that can’t help but recall earlier disability dramas like “My Left Foot” and “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.”
- 75The PlaylistNikola GrozdanovicThe PlaylistNikola GrozdanovicThe film is a boilerplate biopic, but with stunning cinematography and a couple of fierce performances, The Theory of Everything is nothing if not an accomplished and emotional work of cinema.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterLeslie FelperinThe Hollywood ReporterLeslie FelperinFacing the physical challenges of depicting Hawking’s disability, Redmayne pulls it off with enormous grace and endurance.
- 60CineVueBen NicholsonCineVueBen NicholsonWith so many elements working on such a high plain, it is ultimately a shame that The Theory of Everything remains a formulaic biopic with a scope far narrower than its subject. Still, it broaches universal themes through the story of a man who studies the universe, and succeeds in being a life and love-affirming along the way.
- 60The New YorkerDavid DenbyThe New YorkerDavid DenbyThe Theory of Everything makes a pass at the complexities of love, but what’s onscreen requires a bit more investigation.
- 50Slant MagazineEd GonzalezSlant MagazineEd GonzalezMeticulous in its adherence to conventional narrative inducement, this biopic only offers a sanded-down and embossed vision of Stephen Hawking and Jane Wilde's 30-year marriage.