Creation

    Creation
    2009

    Synopsis

    A psychological, heart-wrenching love story that provides a unique and inside look at Charles Darwin. Torn between faith and science, he struggles to finish his legendary book "On the Origin of the Species," which goes on to become the foundation for evolutionary biology.

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    Cast

    • Paul BettanyCharles Darwin
    • Jennifer ConnellyEmma Darwin
    • Martha WestAnne Darwin
    • Guy HenryTechnician
    • Jeremy NorthamJohn Brodie-Innes
    • Toby JonesThomas Henry Huxley
    • Benedict CumberbatchJoseph Dalton Hooker
    • Jim CarterParslow
    • Robert GlenisterDr. Holland
    • Ian MercerGoodman

    Recommendations

    • 80

      Empire

      Thoughtful, moving, and Bettany is brilliant. To be reminded of the power of love to redeem and repair, catch Creation.
    • 80

      The Hollywood Reporter

      Amiel's greatest achievement is that Creation is a deeply human film with moments of genuine lightness and high spirits to go with all the deep thinking.
    • 70

      L.A. Weekly

      Creation's power lies in its layers, in the way it makes distinctions between religion and faith, and the ways it beautifully (save for one clunky bit of overexplanation) lays out the similarities between religion and science.
    • 50

      Variety

      Isn't about science vs. faith so much as that well-worn dramatic hook, the loss of a child.
    • 50

      The A.V. Club

      What begins as a multilayered tale of scientific discovery and cultural history gets reduced to a single maudlin idea: that even Charles Darwin had to evolve.
    • 50

      Boston Globe

      There are good performances and fleeting moments of exquisite moviemaking, but the experience as a whole is an evolutionary dead end.
    • 42

      Entertainment Weekly

      One of those tepid, genteel biopics that's far too busy ennobling its hero to bother giving him any recklessly interesting personality traits.
    • 40

      The New Yorker

      As a journey through Darwin's discoveries, Creation fails, although, given the intricacy and the patience of his working methods, it is hard to imagine how such a film might succeed.

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