This biopic moved spectators when it was released in 2014. If you missed it, you can discover it on Netflix.
It is not uncommon for biopics to raise public interest. And for good reason: these films inspired by a true story make it possible to dive into the life of known personalities or figures that have marked the story. On Netflix, it is possible to discover a feature film which returns to the life of a figure in the scientific environment. The performance of his actor was even greeted by an Oscar.
In the 1960s, an astrophysics student from the University of Cambridge, who specialized in the study of time, met a student in letters. They fall in love, but the young man suffers from increasingly numerous muscular disorders, before discovering that he has an amyotrophic lateral sclerosis which gradually paralyzes him. Despite the diagnosis of doctors who give the student only two years to live, the couple decides to fight the disease together. This man is Stephen Hawking, and this film is A wonderful story of time.
It was the British actor Eddie Redmayne who was chosen to embody the eminent theorist physicist who studied the theory of the evaporation of black holes. This role will also earn him the Oscar for best actor in 2015. Faced with the actor known for Fantastic animalsit is actress Felicity Jones, revealed by Rogue One, Who lends his features to his wife, Jane Wilde Hawking.
When it comes out, A wonderful story of time Was welcomed by criticism: the film wins 80% of favorable opinions from the press on Rotten Tomatoes, the note of 72/100 on Metacritic, and that of 3.3/5 from the press on Allociné. The spectators are more lenient (4.2/5) and allowed themselves to be seduced by the story of the life of this couple, who decides to fight the disease at all costs, despite the setbacks of everyday life and the tensions that move them away. Academic on its form, the film moved the public thanks to the performance of its two actors.
Screwing the forecasts of doctors, Stephen Hawking died at the age of 76, four years after the film released on March 14, 2018. It is however possible to catch up with your biopic in streaming. A wonderful story of time is put online on Netflix from February 16, 2025. It is also available for purchase and rental on most VOD platforms.