Creation
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51 out of 100

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6.3 out of 10

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  • Starring: Jennifer Connelly, Paul Bettany
  • Summary: As renowned scientist Charles Darwin struggles to accept his young daughter's death, he finds himself torn between his love for his god-fearing wife and his growing belief in a world that is its own perpetual creation. Directed by Jon Amiel,written by John Colley, and based upon the book by Darwin's great-great-grandson, Randal Keynes, this is the deeply human story of the evolution of Darwin's masterwork, of a passionate marriage torn apart by the most provocative idea in history, and of a tortured genius saved by the love of a child. (Newmarket Films)… Collapse

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  1. Positive: 12 out of 28
  2. Mixed: 14 out of 28
  3. Negative: 2 out of 28
  1. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Ray Bennett
    80
    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.
  2. Arizona Republic
    Reviewed by: Kerry Lengel
    60
    Slow-moving and occasionally ponderous in tone, "Creation" nonetheless is an intriguing portrait of a man and a time that changed everything.
  3. Rolling Stone
    Reviewed by: Peter Travers
    50
    This one means well, a kiss-of-death review if there ever was one.
  4. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: A.O. Scott
    30
    What we see on screen is a lumbering, flat-footed fancy-dress melodrama.

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    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.… Expand

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