- He Really Can Act: Eddie Redmayne finally breaks away from playing "cute boys", and completely becomes Stephen Hawking, to the point where the genuine article sometimes had to remind himself that he wasn't watching a documentary. His Golden Globe, BAFTA Award, SAG Award, and Academy Award all agree with that.Stephen Hawking: I thought Eddie Redmayne portrayed me very well. He spent time with ALS sufferers so he could be authentic. At times I thought he was me.
- Hype Backlash: The film earned a fair number of detractors who found the focus on Stephen Hawking's romantic life (versus his scientific achievements) to be a bit saccharine and too heavy-handed in its attempts to showcase how inspirational a figure Hawking was. Those disliking the film were further exacerbated when Redmayne won an Oscar that they thought deserved to go to Michael Keaton for Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), sparking a brief rivalry between fans of each film.
- The Woobie
- Stephen is one after his diagnosis, when he's in shock and as the years go by.
- Poor Jane...
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