The incredible story of Jane and Stephen Hawking
| Cast |
Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones, Tom Prior, Sophie Perry, Finlay Wright-Stevens, Harry Lloyd, Alice Orr-Ewing, David Thewlis |
| Director |
James Marsh |
| Screenplay | Anthony McCarten, from the book by Jane Hawking |
| Music | Jóhann Jóhannsson |
| Cinematography | Benoît Delhomme |
| Editing | Jinx Godfrey |
| Sound formats | Dolby Digital |
| Soundtrack | Available |
| Made in | 2014 |
| Produced by | Working Title Films |
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| Genre | Drama |
| Language | None |
| Nudity | None |
| Sex | No sex, only affection, infrequent |
| Violence | Low impact, infrequent, justified |
| Prejudice | None |
| Blasphemy | Infrequent, justified, low impact |
| Drug abuse | None |
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| PG: Parental Guidance Suggested | Rated PG-13 for some thematic elements and suggestive material |
| Runtime | 123 |
| USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ. | |
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| Suggested age limit 14 + |
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| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| Cape Argus / The Star Diane de Beer  Love is so much more than a theory. | 15 |  |
| Die Burger Paul Boekkooi Jy vóél die pyn, magteloosheid. | 15 | |
| Cape Times Leslie Felperin Triumph over adversity. | 5 |  |
| Metacritic.com 47 critics | 14 | |
| Rottentomatoes critics 220 critics | 15 | |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Part biopic, part love story, The Theory of Everything rises on James Marsh's polished direction and the strength of its two leads. | 16 | |
| Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics   | 15 | |
| CommonSenseMedia Staff evaluation Hawking's brilliant mind comes to life in thoughtful drama. | 15 | |
What the People say | ||
| Metacritic.com users 216 users | 15 | |
| Rottentomatoes users 60066 users | 15 | |
| Internet 103171 Netizens | 16 | |
Average .. 71% | 14 | |