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The Theory of Everything (2014) - IMDb

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The Theory of Everything dramatizes how one man's relentless pursuit of a unified physics theory collided with the very human limits of mind, body, and love.

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  • Eddie Redmayne's Oscar-winning portrayal of Stephen Hawking shows genius persisting despite near-total physical paralysis — a study in cognitive resilience.
  • Hawking's quest for a single equation explaining the universe embodies the grand unified theory pursuit that has driven physics for a century.
  • The film frames Hawking's marriage to Jane as a principal-agent tension — two people with radically different goals bound by devotion and duty.