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A while ago I was writing about “Creation” the movie (see it here) and I was all excited about it. At least this is what I was feeling towards the movie, but reading it now it doesn’t quite express my feelings from then, they state nothing, no emotion arises after reading them, just as no emotion comes from watching the movie.
“Creation” brings in front of us Charles Darwin, the men “who killed God”, as one of the characters in the movie tells him. But it’s not a regular biography, one that takes us step by step with how he came to his ideas, what issues he had to deal with. No, it takes us to the moment when all the ideas are put together in a book. Darwin is a sick man and is also very upset because of the death of his elder daughter, feeling somewhat guilty for her death. Because of all this suffering he has drawn apart from his wife and family, is hallucinating about Annie, the daughter he lost, and basically he’s life is in ruins. “Creation” tries to give us some background information about how he got in this state and they are all presented as stories he tells to Annie, when he hallucinates about her, or whatever memories he gets hung up on.
“Creation” does not try to tell a story at any moment, they assume we all know who Darwin was and what he wrote, what the movie tries to express is the drama which the hero goes through and what it does to him and his family. At many moments, Paul Bettany, who is playing Charles Darwin manages to pull of some intense moments, but as a whole the film doesn’t quite catch you in.
From my point of view it is a decent movie, it did not meet my expectations, but nevertheless it is pleasant to watch. I would recommend it for a rainy March, Sunday afternoon.

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