You only have a couple of weeks left to catch an acclaimed biopic starring Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones before it leaves Netflix.
Netflix UK and Ireland subscribers have until 15 August to watch The Theory of Everything, the 2014 movie based on the life of theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking, looking back on his career and his Motor Neurone Disease (MND) diagnosis.
Redmayne stars as Hawking, with Jones playing the scientist’s first wife Jane Hawking, whose memoir provided the source material for the film.
Behind the camera is James Marsh, directing a script by Anthony McCarten. McCarten is a renowned name in the real-life genre, as he penned Freddie Mercury biopic Bohemian Rhapsody, the Winston Churchill biopic Darkest Hour, as well as The Two Popes and Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody.
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The Theory of Everything earned five Oscar nominations, including Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay. It also won Redmayne the prestigious Best Actor award.
The film is currently Certified Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes with a rating of 81% out of more than 250 reviews. Audience members have given it a score of 84% across more than 50,000 viewers’ ratings.
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Empire called the film a “compassionate and inspiring look” at Hawkins’ “extraordinary life” and praised Redmayne and Jones’ performances as two of the year’s best.
The Independent wrote that turning a scientist’s life into a “highbrow tearjerker” is an “achievement” in itself, while The Irish Times called the movie “a brief history of love […] as complex and deceptively deep as any of the physics”.
Also leaving Netflix in August is Mary Harron’s adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis’ American Psycho.
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The 1980s yuppie nightmare stars Christian Bale in the role of banker and psychopathic murderer Patrick Bateman, with Reese Witherspoon, Justin Theroux, Josh Lucas, Chloë Sevigny and Willem Dafoe in supporting roles.
If you want to revisit the classic comedy thriller before Luca Guadagnino makes his own version, now’s your time, as American Psycho leaves the streamer on 9 August.
The Theory of Everything and American Psycho are streaming on Netflix UK and Ireland now… but not for long.
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