Stephen Hawking’s life defies
bullshit terms such as inspirational. Fifty years he has lived with motor
neuron disease, his body crumbling even as he stuns us with his thoughts on how
we came to exist. What comes next. “The Theory of
Everything” is not about theories, but Hawking’s marriage to Jane
Wilde. That’s enough story. It does not require delusions and conspiracies
as was done to genius John Nash in the overdone “A Beautiful Mind.” For this
love -– as you know –- succumbs. The life and mind and demand of Hawking’s needs are too much to bear, and that is the hook
of this story. Directed by James March (“Man on Wire”), “Theory” knows fantastical
love cannot overcome reality. And Hawking is about reality. He believes God is
a myth; Wilde holds that God is among us. Their marriage cannot survive, not
when she falls for a kindly man of God, and he for a pragmatic nurse. “Theory”
bypasses many of Hawking’s history-resetting thoughts, but the filming of such, would
be impossible. No? As Hawking, Eddie Redmayne breaks out as a major young actor
of our time, while as Jane, Felicity Jones plays at war with the soul. B+
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