Oscar-winning British drama The Theory of Everything has found a new streaming home in the UK after leaving Netflix last week.
The 2014 film, starring Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones, is now available to watch on BBC iPlayer, but only for the next 26 days.
Directed by James Marsh, the period drama focuses on the life of theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking, looking back on his career, his Motor Neurone Disease (MND) diagnosis and his relationship with his first wife, Jane Hawking. The script was based on her 2007 memoir Travelling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen.
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Redmayne won an Academy Award for Best Actor thanks to his performance as the scientist, with Jones earning a nomination for Best Actress. The movie was also nominated for Best Picture, Best Original Score and Best Adapted Screenplay.
Daredevil star Charlie Cox, Emily Watson, Simon McBurney, Christian McKay, Harry Lloyd, and David Thewlis round up the main cast.
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The Theory of Everything currently has a 81% rating on Rotten Tomatoes from 268 reviews, with a slightly higher audience score of 84% out of more than 50,000 viewers’ ratings collected during over a decade.
At the time of release, critics described the film as a “compassionate and inspiring look” at Hawkins’ “extraordinary life” (via Empire), and praised Redmayne’s “simplicity, candour and unforced intelligence” in his “emotional” performance (via The Guardian).
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“Part biopic, part love story, The Theory of Everything rises on James Marsh’s polished direction and the strength of its two leads,” reads the Critics Consensus on the review aggregator’s site.
Other recent movies added to BBC iPlayer include the pioneering LGBTQ+ gem The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, and Jodie Foster’s critically-acclaimed thriller The Silence of the Lambs.
The Theory of Everything is streaming now on BBC iPlayer.
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