How he saw the world changed it forever
| Cast |
Jennifer Connelly, Paul Bettany , Jeremy Northam, Benedict Cumberbatch, Toby Jones, Jim Carter |
| Director |
Jon Amiel |
| Screenplay | John Collee, from the biography by Randal Keynes |
| Music | Christopher Young |
| Cinematography | Jess Hall |
| Editing | Melanie Oliver |
| Sound formats | Dolby Digital |
| Soundtrack | Available |
| Made in | 2009 |
| Produced by | Recorded Pictures Company, Ocean Pictures, BBC Films, UK Film Council |
Official Site | IMDB page
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| Genre | Drama, biography |
| Language | Mild, infrequent, no impact |
| Nudity | Brief, infrequent,non-sexual, no close-ups, semi-naked |
| Sex | None |
| Violence | Some psychological brief threat and menace, infrequent |
| Prejudice | Some racial prejudice in historical context, brief, infrequent |
| Blasphemy | Some in scientifici and religious arguments in the theory of education |
| Drug abuse | Brief alcohol, no impact |
| Comments | None |
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| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| Cape Argus / The Star Diane de Beer  No evolution in Darwin film plot | 10 |  |
| Die Burger Mariana Malan | 15 |  |
| Cape Times Betsy Sharkey Biopic a survival of the stiffest | 5 |  |
| Box Office Barbara Goslawski This one might be too milquetoast to make it in Hollywood’s cycle of natural selection | 5 | |
| Chicago Sunday Times Roger Ebert The filmmakers do their best to keep Darwin's theory in the picture, but it sadly isn't fit enough to struggle against the dominant species of Hollywood executives. | 15 | |
| eye Weekly Kieran Grant Creation does offer enough charm and sincerity | 5 | |
| Rolling Stone Peter Travers This one means well, a kiss-of-death review if there ever was one. | 10 | |
| Metacritic.com 28 critics | 10 | |
| Rottentomatoes critics 93 critics | 11 |  |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer This Charles Darwin biopic is curiously dispassionate, but Creation contains some of director Jon Amiel's best work, and Paul Bettany's performance is not to be missed. | 9 | |
What the People say | ||
| Internet 2471 Netizens Brilliant Performances | 13 | |
Average .. 49% | 10 | |