Film200490 min

Hawking

Name: Hawking
Genre: Drama
Released: 2004
Duration: 90 min
Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Alice Eve, Michael Brandon, Tom Hodgkins, Peter Firth

Taste attributes: dramabiographyanimalsslowfresh & originalheavyrealisticintricatelineargrittyemotive & stirringcomplex relationship

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"The story of the search for the beginning of time."

Boxlist takeA grounded drama that is slow-burning, fresh and weighty. Best if you like real life over fantasy.

Taste details

Pace: slow · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: intricate · Structure: linear · Look: gritty · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score

Quality rating

7.2 /10

TMDB · 114 votes

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Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it
Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it
Emotional punch: Emotive / stirring, just how this profile likes it

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Realism: True to life, where this profile leans balanced realism

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Synopsis

The story of Professor Stephen Hawking's early years. It is 1963, and our young cosmologist celebrates his 21st birthday. At the party is a new friend, Jane Wilde - there is a strong attraction between the two. Jane is intrigued by Stephen's talk of stars and the Universe. But she realises that there is something very wrong when Stephen suddenly finds that he is unable to stand up.

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