15 Major Historical Inaccuracies That Undermine Famous Movies

The Theory of Everything is arguably one of the worst Best Picture nominees of the 21st century. The film generally doesn't really work thanks to its slow pace, safe delivery and lack of depth, but the thing which truly hurt it was the narrative focus on Hawking's marriage, instead of his work or his overcoming of his disability.

This becomes even more jarring when one realizes that the film's central love story was completely sanitized and it wasn't nearly so romantic and lovely in real life. While the performances from Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones are highly impressive, the film does not reflect reality.

The marriage breaking up is, in the film, shown to be mutual and amicable while in real life things were less pleasant. It was, according to the memoir of Jane Hawking, a protracted and upsetting affair which eventually culminated in Stephen Hawking dumping her for his nurse. While the film depicts a very likable Stephen Hawking, in real life he is known to have been more stubborn and difficult.

Stephen and Jane did eventually become friends again, but this was only some time after their difficult break-up. These inaccuracies further ruin an already insufferable film, since the film's main hook is the love story yet it's completely misrepresented.