The Theory of Everything (2014)

The Theory of Everything rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb7.7/10· 506K votes

Rotten Tomatoes81%

Metacritic71%

TMDb7.831/10· 11K votes

With 81% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.7/10 on IMDb and 71/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been positive.

About The Theory of Everything

The Theory of Everything is the extraordinary story of one of the world’s greatest living minds, the renowned astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, who falls deeply in love with fellow Cambridge student Jane Wilde.

Cast of The Theory of Everything

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  Eddie Redmayne

  as Stephen Hawking

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  Felicity Jones

  as Jane Hawking

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  Charlie Cox

  as Jonathan Hellyer Jones

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  Emily Watson

  as Beryl Wilde

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  Simon McBurney

  as Frank Hawking

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  David Thewlis

  as Dennis Sciama

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  Maxine Peake

  as Elaine Mason

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  Harry Lloyd

  as Brian

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  Tom Prior

  as Robert Hawking (Age 17)

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  Sophie Perry

  as Lucy Hawking (Age 14)

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  Finlay Wright-Stephens

  as Timothy Hawking (Age 8)

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  Alice Orr-Ewing

  as Diana King

The Theory of Everything facts

Budget

$15M

Box office

$123.7M

Our take on The Theory of Everything

James Marsh's 2014 drama traces the relationship at the heart of physicist Stephen Hawking's early life, as the young Cambridge scholar falls deeply in love with fellow student Jane Wilde. Framed as an intimate romance rather than a technical biography, the film follows two people building a life together against extraordinary personal challenges. It leans on tenderness, resilience and the quiet negotiations of a long partnership more than on scientific explanation. The result is warm, emotionally direct and steadily moving. It suits viewers drawn to character-led drama and love stories grounded in real devotion, and less so those hoping for a rigorous account of Hawking's physics.