Watch this when
The Theory of Everything
They gave him two years. She married him anyway, and the film is honest about what that cost her.
Who it's for
The film shows both sides of a progressive illness: Stephen's diagnosis and decline, and Jane's growing exhaustion as she raises children, supports his work and loses her own studies.
Overwhelmed→Hopeful
Feelings it meets
What it is
James Marsh's biographical drama, adapted by Anthony McCarten from Jane Hawking's memoir 'Travelling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen', follows Stephen Hawking (Eddie Redmayne) and Jane Wilde (Felicity Jones) from their meeting at Cambridge in the 1960s.
Where to find it
Rent or buy on major digital stores. Streaming availability rotates; check JustWatch.
Before you start
Heads up: Progressive illness and physical decline.
Age: PG-13 (suggestive material, thematic elements)
I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul.William Ernest Henley, “Invictus”
