The Theory of Everything is the third film of the 12th annual Omak Film Festival playing Thursday Feb 26 through Saturday Feb 28 at the Mirage. The Theory of Everything is rated PG-13 and runs 123 minutes. Directed by James Marsh. Showtimes: Thurs Feb 26 – 6:30 *|* Fri Feb 27 – 6:30 & 9:30 *|* Sat Feb 28 – 3:15 (matinee), 6:30 & 9:30
See the full Omak Film Festival line-up here.
Rotten Tomatoes on The Theory of Everything:
“Starring Eddie Redmayne (“Les Misérables”) and Felicity Jones (“The Amazing Spider-Man 2″), this is the extraordinary story of one of the world’s greatest living minds, the renowned astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, who falls deeply in love with fellow Cambridge student Jane Wilde. Once a healthy, active young man, Hawking received an earth-shattering diagnosis at 21 years of age.”
Justin Chang, chief film critic at Variety writes:
“The intricate workings of a rare and remarkable mind are rendered in simple, accessible terms in “The Theory of Everything,” a sensitively directed inspirational biopic centered around the great British physicist Stephen Hawking and his mind-over-body struggle with motor neuron disease. Striving to pay equal tribute to Hawking’s first wife, Jane (on whose memoir the film is based), and her tireless devotion to him until their 25-year marriage ended in 1995, director James Marsh similarly attempts to find intimate, personal applications for Hawking’s grand cosmic inquiries, tracing the story of how the author of “A Brief History of Time” came to defy time itself.”
New York Times critic A.O. Scott tells us:
“The Theory of Everything, James Marsh’s biographical film about the British theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking, tries very hard to live up to its title: It wants to show a remarkable man in full, to explore his ideas, his emotional life and his struggle with illness.
The material could hardly be richer. Mr. Hawking is both an important scientist and a fixture of popular culture, the author of best-selling books that seek to explain concepts comprehensible only to specialists.”