It's finally time to talk about a movie I wasn't thinking of seeing but then luckily changed my mind about. We all know a bit about Stephen Hawking -if not a lot- and admire his power to overcome all the horrible obstacles he had to face and of course appreciate his brilliance. I wasn't very interested in this movie at first because even though I am specially fond of biographic pieces I didn't think that it could be very interesting. In other words I was expecting it to be another heavy on the tears success story. I am very happy to say that James Marsh proved me wrong.
First of all, it's not a success story but really a love story. If in reality all those people had the good nature of the characters in the movie, despite everything I can honestly say that Hawking was a very lucky man. The support from his colleagues, from his friends, from his wife even from the man who is in love with his wife.
The love of Jane Wilde a.k.a. Jane Hawking was much expected on my side. As they say, behind every successful man there is a strong, wise and hardworking woman. Knowing that the storyline actually evolved around Jane rather than Stephen and originally the book was from Jane's own pencil it is understandable if some facts were told from her side only. However, good times or bad times we can objectively get to the conclusion that Stephen Hawking wouldn't be able to become who he is without Jane Hawking.
As usual I prefer not to get into the details of the movie, for the sake of people who haven't seen it yet but wish to. That's why I am going to talk about Eddie Redmayne's Academy Award and Golden Globe and BAFTA (deep breath) winning performance.
Very honestly there aren''t many performances that get me this excited. The last time I felt this way about a performance in a movie was Jared Leto in Dallas Buyers Club. Knowing that the real Stephen Hawking himself appreciated the performance as much as any of us is something that made me very happy. I wonder how he actually felt watching his life on a screen, step by step.
In my humble opinion, the most attractive thing about the movie was the exceptional performances not only by Redmayne but from Felicity Jones and Charlie Cox. I wasn't bored or distracted for a second the entire film and the possibility of that is near to impossible when we're talking about me. I would recommend this film to people who are looking for a drama that is not going to exhaust you and will make you happy eventually. Don't be intimidated by the biographic and scientific content. Once you begin a delightful couple of hours will be waiting for you.
Thank you for reading my humble opinion.
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