Creation
Metascore
51 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 28 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 28
  2. Mixed: 14 out of 28
  3. Negative: 2 out of 28
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  1. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: A.O. Scott
    30
    What we see on screen is a lumbering, flat-footed fancy-dress melodrama.
  2. Wall Street Journal
    Reviewed by: Joe Morgenstern
    30
    It's impossible to say who's more unhinged: Darwin, caught between faith and reason, or the filmmakers.

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User Score
6.3 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 14 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 1
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 1
  3. Negative: 0 out of 1
  1. CooterPatooter
    6
    Creation runs deep and is brim-full with raw human emotion but it's plodding pace keeps it from being anything more than an above-average period drama.… Full Review »
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