The Theory of Flight is a 1998 film directed by Paul Greengrass, starring Helena Bonham Carter and Kenneth Branagh. Carter plays a woman with motor neurone disease, and the film deals with the sexuality of people with disabilities. The Theory of Flight received mixed reception from critics and currently holds a 50% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. This was the last film reviewed by the noted film critics Gene Siskel, who gave the film a thumbs up, and Roger Ebert, who gave the film a thumbs down, on Siskel and Ebert and The Movies before Siskel's death on 20 February, 1999.
| Release date: | 1998 |
| Directed by: | Paul Greengrass |
| Runtime: | 101 Minutes |
| Producer: | Helena Spring, Anant Singh, Ruth Caleb |
| Editor: | Mark Day |
| Music by: | Rolfe Kent |
| Cinematography: | Ivan Strasburg |
| Screenplay by: | Richard Hawkins |