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2004·Drama·1h 30m
7.0
The story of Professor Stephen Hawking's early years. It is 1963, and our young cosmologist celebrates his 21st birthday. At the party is a new friend, Jane Wilde - there is a strong attraction between the two. Jane is intrigued by Stephen's talk of stars and the Universe. But she realises that there is something very wrong when Stephen suddenly finds that he is unable to stand up.
Directed by Philip Martin
physics
biography
scientist
1960s
phd thesis
cambridge university

Cast

Benedict Cumberbatch
Benedict Cumberbatch
Stephen Hawking
Peter Firth
Peter Firth
Sir Fred Hoyle
Tom Ward
Tom Ward
Roger Penrose
Lisa Dillon
Lisa Dillon
Jane Wilde
John Sessions
John Sessions
Dennis Sciama
Phoebe Nicholls
Phoebe Nicholls
Isobel Hawking
Michael Brandon
Michael Brandon
Arno Penzias
Tom Hodgkins
Tom Hodgkins
Robert Wilson
Alice Eve
Alice Eve
Martha Guthrie
Adam Godley
Adam Godley
Frank Hawking
Matthew Marsh
Matthew Marsh
Dr. John Holloway
Anastasia Hille
Anastasia Hille
Nurse Susan McClean

Crew

Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Director
Peter Moffat
Peter Moffat
Writer
Murray Gold
Murray Gold
Original Music Composer
Faye De Bremaeker
Faye De Bremaeker
Makeup Supervisor

Popular Reviews

34 reviews
Sherbet
Sherbet
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I kinda expected more from the directing and the script tbh. They only showed a tiny slice of his life but whatever

The story didn't really grab me. The two parallel plots, one with Hawking and one with the interviews, just didn't work. It was more distracting than anything

The movie's packed with astronomy and physics terms, which makes sense obviously, but even as someone who graduated from a physics and math program I didn't get a lot of it. They could've at least had Hawking explain some stuff to the other characters now and then so the audience could follow along better

If it's set in Cambridge they could've shown way more of it. Instead it's just hallways, no real atmosphere or any pretty shots

Cumberbatch did a solid job, no complaints there. But they didn't really let his character fully develop. They focused too much on his theory when they should've focused more on him as a person
I kinda expected more from the directing and the script tbh. They only showed a tiny slice of his life but whatever

The story didn't really grab me. The two parallel plots, one with Hawking and one with the interviews, just didn't work. It was more distracting than anything

The movie's packed with astronomy and physics terms, which makes sense obviously, but even as someone who graduated from a physics and math program I didn't get a lot of it. They could've at least had Hawking explain some stuff to the other characters now and then so the audience could follow along better

If it's set in Cambridge they could've shown way more of it. Instead it's just hallways, no real atmosphere or any pretty shots

Cumberbatch did a solid job, no complaints there. But they didn't really let his character fully develop. They focused too much on his theory when they should've focused more on him as a person
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Maxine
Maxine
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all these little science guys are real interesting
all these little science guys are real interesting
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Teo
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god how i love this type of movies
god how i love this type of movies
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