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Toby Jones, Jennifer Connelly, Jeremy Northam, Martha West, Benedict CumberbatchDirector: Jon Amiel
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33 of 35 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
A 'nice' film, with an excellent performance by Paul Bettany (as Darwin) and his real-life wife, American-born Jennifer Connelly, as Darwin's wife, Emma. I found the story of Darwin's life and that of his family very interesting. Loads of details I personally never knew before. At the end of the film it is stipulated that the film is based on the book Annie's Box: Charles Darwin, His Daughter and Human Evolution, in fact written by Darwin's great great grandson, Randal Keynes. The book has apparently been re-edited with a new title, Creation: The True Story of Charles Darwin. On the DVD there is over an hour of excellent special features, showing that, I quote, the film is based, to some extent only, on conjecture, 'a line drawn between two known facts', and there are loads of interviews (including that of Randal Keynes, mentioning his own childhood memories of his great great grandfather's house, and the Box) also going into the historical implications of Darwin's theory. The DVD is worth it, for the special features alone ... A BBC film, partly financed by the British Lottery!
30 of 32 people found the following review helpful
Format:Blu-ray
The previous reviewer giving this film a single star seems to have seen a different film to the one I saw. This film is beautifully shot and acted by all of its actors and actresses. As usual Paul Bettany is simply outstanding. This film is incredibly thought provoking for it deals with so many subjects: parenthood, religion, obsessiveness to the point of madness, death, bereavement, mental illness and perhaps above all - great love.
This is a serious film about serious subjects. It should make you think hard about your own life and your own values. I heartily recommend this film to all who want more than just entertainment
This is a serious film about serious subjects. It should make you think hard about your own life and your own values. I heartily recommend this film to all who want more than just entertainment
53 of 59 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I enjoyed this film. At times it felt like I was watching a big screen presentation of a Timewatch drama-documentary that the BBC are so very good at. It is ostensibly about how Darwin came to write his seminal work "On the Origin of Species;" but it is much more than that. It is the story of how loving parents lost their daughter, how one retreated into science and the other into religion, the blame they felt and transferred on to others; and the eventual redemption they gave each other. That story could have been set against any backdrop and achieved a similar emotive response in a sympathetic audience. I went on my own to see it because my wife is not interested in science. However, this film is 2 stories - the history of science and the grief driven dysfunctional dynamics of human experience. It was the former that drove me to see the film but the latter level was a welcome surprise. With a different title and/or a marginally different publicity campaign people such as my wife would have probably gone to see it.
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Is this darwin?
I know Darwin's life. His life is not full of dilemmas about christianity and god. It's a small part of life of a great man who changed the world. Read more
Published 16 days ago by afrashi
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Published 7 months ago by Peter the Dutchman
great to look at, but expected more!
Where to begin?
Firstly it was an impressive film to look at, with a strong cast.
Why only 3 stars - firstly I would have left the film called Annie's box,... Read more
Firstly it was an impressive film to look at, with a strong cast.
Why only 3 stars - firstly I would have left the film called Annie's box,... Read more
Published 10 months ago by Chris
entertaining but inaccurate to the point of wilful propaganda
Beautifully filmed, great acting, wonderful soundtrack.
Another great bit of British BBC periodical costume drama.
And yet....?
Is this a relatively new phenomena... Read more
Another great bit of British BBC periodical costume drama.
And yet....?
Is this a relatively new phenomena... Read more
Published 11 months ago by MBW
Harrowing but worthwhile
Both my wife and I watched this together and found it harrowing and helpful in equal proportions. We also then watched the additional features, including the short videos produced... Read more
Published 14 months ago by K. Moss
Creation
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