Prismark10 This is the second documentary that I have seen about Stephen Hawking, the Errol Morris film, A brief history of time from the early 1990s was the first one.To me this really is about Hawking since then. A worldwide celebrity, still lecturing and writing about Astrophysics and more importantly still alive.He has since the Errol Morris film been divorced twice, had several dramatisations of his life. This film features interviews with his first wife but his second wife and children are absent.You get a recount of his life, his childhood, his university days and being struck down by Motor Neuron disease at an early age. We see all the emergency medical equipment he has at his adapted house where he has 24 medical care in case he stops breathing and needs to be revived. As he has gotten older we can see the effects more graphically that his disabilities has on him.Still Professor Hawking soldiers on, travelling around the world and gets greeted like a rock star. He has the ability to make difficult scientific concepts sound simple and he seems to be comfortable with his celebrity status and his fans.It is a story about triumph over adversity and Hawking is a remarkable man but very little here was new to me.

bnemazie This is a BBC produced movie/documentary that is more detailed about the development of Hawking's scientific thinking than one would see in other science biography movies. It starts with Hawking at 21 and covers his ALS diagnosis and how he and his family reacted to the news. The movie captures the look and feel of the times very well. It captures the environment in Cambridge where Hawking worked on his PhD, the influences on him, and the world of theoretical physics. The movie mostly focuses on the period from 1963 to 1980, so it is rather sparse on Hawking's later life and his later theories. This is a well made movie well worth watching especially if you have an interest in science in general, but also worth watching as a inspirational story of Hawking's tenacity and perseverance in the face of overwhelming odds.

gavin6942 Hawking is the extraordinary story of the planet's most famous living scientist, told for the first time in his own words and by those closest to him. Made with unique access to Hawking's private life, this is an intimate and moving journey into Stephen's world, both past and present.This ground was already covered to some degree by Errol Morris in his "Brief History of Time", but this is something of an update. For those who continue to find Hawking fascinating, there can never be too much of his story told. And this is a more personal, raw story, Stephen at his most vulnerable.The friendship with Jim Carrey is odd, but who knows?

JustCuriosity Hawking was well-received in its world premiere at Austin's SXSW Film Festival. The film is a biopic about Stephen Hawking the celebrity physicist who has become an emblem of science, a medical miracle, and a hero to everyone struggling with a disability. Hawking has survived for fifty years with ALS when he was expected to die within a few years. Hawking has become an icon in popular culture both because of, and in spite of, his severe disability. In a sense, he has demonstrated the power of the mind can triumph despite the limitations of the physical body. His artificial computerized voice has become symbolic of his triumphs over his disability. Hawking captures this eloquently. The film mentions his scientific discoveries, but focuses on his remarkable life story and presents it in an accessible way to the general public. Stephen Hawking is one of the few celebrities who truly deserves the great acclaim that he receives in popular culture. Fittingly, Stephen Hawking narrates his story in his own famous electronic voice. The film is a moving tribute to a man who has made great scientific discoveries, helped to popularize scientific ideas to the general public, and brought hope to millions through his persistence and refusal to surrender to his disease.