In 2001, Ron Howard gave us "A Beautiful Mind," a part-biopic, part-love story concerning economic genius John Nash. In 2014, James Marsh presents us with the same type of film, this time with theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking in the spotlight. While Ron Howard's classic manages to make both the biopic and love story elements work together to create a great film, the same can't necessarily be said about "The Theory of Everything." It tells both parts pretty well, but you never quite feel that it all connects. That's not to say this is a bad film however. Eddie Redmayne is phenomenal and gives one of the best performances in a long while. He not only plays the mastermind Stephan Hawking in great fashion, but is incredibly convincing as a man with motor neuron disease. His performance could be compared to Daniel Day-Lewis' Oscar-winning performance in "My Left Foot." Bring in some other great performances (Felicity Jones) and a beautiful score and you have what is, in it's own right, a fairly enjoyable film. It's not a home run, but it's worth seeing for Redmayne's terrific performance alone.
Chase **1/2
Landon ***
Logan ***
BANGERANG SCORE: ***
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