History Film / TheTheoryOfEverything

* MistakenForCheating: Jane's mother believes that Timothy, their youngest child, is actually Jonathan's. Jane is naturally offended at this accusation.

* TheCameo: Creator/EmilyWatson is having one scene as Jane's mother.

* WhatYouAreInTheDark: After Stephen lapses into coma, Jane is given the option to either give the Do Not Resuscitate Order or order the doctor to perform a tracheotomy, which will rob him of his ability to speak. The doctor advises [[FaceDeathWithDignity the former]] since the latter could be AFateWorseThanDeath, or Stephen could die despite the surgery, in pain. Jane at this point is having UnresolvedSexualTension with Jonathan, a widower, and she has been taking care of Stephen for years now. [[spoiler: Instead of going for the DNR, she chooses the tracheotomy, even though after it Stephen can no longer speak and he divorces her after falling for the live-in nurse they have to hire.]]

* BaitAndSwitchComment: Done by the Russian professor when commenting on Hawking's speech at the auditorium: "I came here today expecting to hear a lot of nonsense. I go home disappointed. The little one here ... has done it!

* DidTheyOrDidntThey: On the camping site, we see Jane sneaking out of her family tent and into Jonathan's. We have to assume this was the first time they got intimate.

--> '''Hawking''' (with Jane): You've got to get back to the beginning of time. Keep winding. Keep winding until you get ...
--> '''Professor''' (in classroom): ... a singularity?

--> '''Student''' (pub): If we can imagine that a black hole is, indeed, losing particles and over time, will diminish in size, it will evaporate, it will ...
--> '''Hawking''' (auditorium) : ... disappear.

* HollywoodHistory: The film takes a few artistic liberties with Stephen Hawking's life in the interest of better narrative flow. For example, in the film's sequence of events, he loses the ability to speak, decides to write ''A Brief History of Time'', separates from Jane, and reconciles with her before going to Buckingham Palace to be made a CBE. In reality, he was made a CBE in 1982, started drafting ''A Brief History of Time'' in 1984, lost the ability to speak in 1985, and separated from Jane in 1990, only reconciling with her after his divorce from Elaine Mason in 2006.

* DuelingMovies: Duelling with ''Film/TheImitationGame'' for best 2014 biopics about famous British scientists.

'''''The Theory of Everything''''' is a 2014 biopic about the life of Professor Creator/StephenHawking, from his years as a student at Cambridge to his diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) to the publishing of his book, ''A Brief History of Time''. It is based on the book, ''Traveling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen'' written by Stephen's first wife Jane Wilde Hawking who is played by Felicity Jones in the film.

* BaitAndSwitchComment: Done by the Russian professor when commenting on Hawking's speech in the auditorium: "I came here today expecting to hear a lot of nonsense. I go home disappointed. The little one here ... has done it!

* DidTheyOrDidntThey: On the camping site, we see Jane sneaking out of her family tent and into Jonathan's. We have to assume that was the first time they got intimate.

* GeniusCripple: Hawkings, though physically crippled , is a brilliant mind.

'''''The Theory of Everything''''' is a 2014 biopic about the life of Professor StephenHawking, from his years as a student at Cambridge to his diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) to the publishing of his book, ''A Brief History of Time''. It is based on the book, ''Traveling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen'' written by Stephen's first wife Jane Wilde Hawking who is played by Felicity Jones in the film.

'''''The Theory of Everything''''' is a 2014 biopic about the life of Professor StephenHawking, from his years as a student at Cambridge to his diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) to the publishing of his book, ''A Brief History of Time''. It is based on the book, ''Traveling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen'' written by Stephen's first wife Jane Wilde Hawking who is played by Felicity jones in the film.

'''''The Theory of Everything''''' is a 2014 biopic about the life of Professor StephenHawking, from his years as a student at Cambridge to his diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) to the publishing of his book, ''A Brief History of Time''.

''The Theory of Everything'' is a 2014 biopic about the life of Professor StephenHawking, from his years as a student at Cambridge to his diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) to the publishing of his book, ''A Brief History of Time''.

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'''''The Theory of Everything''''' is a 2014 biopic about the life of Professor StephenHawking, from his years as a student at Cambridge to his diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) to the publishing of his book, ''A Brief History of Time''.

* HollywoodHistory: The film takes a few artistic liberties with Stephen Hawking's life in the interest of better narrative flow. For example, in the film, he loses the ability to speak, decides to write ''A Brief History of Time'', separates from Jane, and goes to Buckingham Palace to receive a CBE in that order. In reality, he was made a CBE in 1982, started drafting ''A Brief History of Time'' in 1984, lost the ability to speak in 1985, and separated from Jane in 1990.

* BrilliantButLazy: Stephen has bits of this while studying. He has a lack of interest in Dennis Sciama's lessons, but later says he was "only" able to solve nine out of ten of Sciama's "impossible questions."

* {{YourDaysAreNumbered}}: Stephen is told he has 2 years to live. He is still alive, more than 4 decades later.

* ShoutOut: Especially in the scene where he's trying out the voice synthesizer, saying phrases such as "[[Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer true.]]" and "[[Series/DoctorWho Exterminate! Exterminate!]]"

* Foreshadowing: The soap opera Stephen is watching when Jane enters (after the diagnosis) foreshadows the complexity of their married life.

* BrilliantButLazy: Stephen has bits of his while studying. He has a lack of interest in Dennis Sciama's lessons, but later says he was "only" able to solve nine out of ten of Sciama's "impossible questions."

'''The Theory of Everything''' is a 2014 biopic about the life of Professor StephenHawking, from his years as a student at Cambridge to his diagnosis of Motor Neuron Syndrome to the publishing of his book, "A Brief History of Time."

'''The Theory of Everything''' is a 2014 biopic about the life of Professor StephenHawking, from his years as a student at Cambridge to his diagnosis of Motor Neuron Syndrome to the publishing of his book, "A Brief History of the Universe."