Eddie Redmayne stars in “The Theory of Everything,” a biopic about Stephen Hawking based off of then-wife Jane Wilde’s book, “Traveling to Infinity: My Life With Stephen.”

The film chronicles their 30 year marriage, its downfall, and, ultimately, what made the famous physicist we know and love today. It is undoubtedly a masterpiece of modern cinema and a showcase of the true potential of film.

After losing feeling in his legs while running to class, Hawking is taken to the emergency room where he is diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s disease and is given no more than two years to live.

The most inspiring element of the film is Redmayne’s performance as Hawking. The stages in which Hawking’s physical abilities are portrayed are so beautifully presented in a manner that is both heartbreaking and hopeful for Hawking’s future.

At one point, when Hawking and Wilde separate for good, the movie encapsulates the nuance of Redmayne’s subdued performance.

The scene where the couple come to the conclusion that the rest of their lives are better spent apart is emotionally capturing. You see Hawking, incapable of speech, attempting to express his sorrow through his face: the love of his past life, is now a stranger in his current one.

I was met with a series of emotions over the course of the film that left me exhausted by the end, and I couldn’t ask for anything more. No portion of the film was over-exaggerated to the point of it being cheesy, which is what I commonly fear when diving into a biopic.

What I loved most was how the movie was faithful to the book, and focused on the trials and troubles Wilde faced in taking care of her husband and their three children.

The film’s conclusion is probably the most fulfilling ending to a movie I’ve seen in years, though I won’t spoil too much.

The life of Stephen Hawking is one of the most inspirational stories to be told in our day and age, and the “Theory of Everything” does it with such grace, emotion and talent that it may easily end up being the best movie of 2015.