"The Theory of Everything" ★★★
A Review by Kevin Powers
My lack of certainty about whether or not I would like director James Marsh's Stephen Hawking biopic "The Theory of Everything" led it to last place in my rankings of the Best Picture Oscar nominees before I even saw it. Having said that, it's still in eighth place.
It's not a bad movie. In fact, I was quite moved by it. It's gorgeously composed, boasting top-notch cinematography, editing, and production design. The score by Johann Johannsson is the best of the year, and fans of the film should be proud when it wins that category.
"The Theory of Everything" is a movie that wants to have everything, to be about everything, featuring a character in Hawking who wants to solve everything, yet, like its hero, it doesn't succeed. And the movie itself is just way too nice.
