Review: The Theory of Everything

Eddie Redmaine and Felicity Jones are fantastic as Stephen and Jane Hawking.

Felicity Jones should be praised for a very believable and emotional performance that will leave you with Jane Hawking firmly in your heart. Jones portrays her with a beautiful honesty - you can't help but instantly like and connect with the character.

Eddie Redmaine is also extremely talented to portray Hawking with such passion - his talent shining. While I don't condone the (recently heavily debated) use of able-bodied actors in the role of disabled characters - Redmaine is an exception, because he plays Hawking pre-diagnosis and disability. That aside, he is brilliant, and I don't believe any other able-bodied actor could portray the professor with more grace and talent than Redmaine.

Everything else about the film is also outstanding. The cinematography, the directing, and the editing were the best I'd seen in a film in a long, long time. I was gripped throughout by the plot, but every so often I had to take a minute to marvel at the beautiful cinematography and costume, both of which made the film so much more credible and absolutely gorgeous to boot. The direction also helped carry the film, and honestly I was blown away.

The Theory of Everything deserves every nomination it has, and all of the awards that go with them.

It's an absolutely outstanding British film that will definitely become a favourite film of mine.

If we could have more disabled protagonists in film (played by disabled actors when applicable of course!) in film - that'd be great too.

9/10.