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Director Jon Amiel's biopic explores the crisis of faith suffered by evolutionary scientist Charles Darwin (Paul Bettany). About to publish the book that would question God's role in creation, Darwin is forced to come to terms with how it will affect his deeply religious wife, Emma (Jennifer Connelly). In addition to his concerns about Emma, the worsening ill health of his beloved daughter Annie soon leads Darwin into a reassessment of his life's work, as he begins to fully realise the impact his theory will have on society.
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United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 ), English ( Dolby DTS 5.1 ), English ( Subtitles ), WIDESCREEN (1.78:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Anamorphic Widescreen, Commentary, Documentary, Featurette, Interactive Menu, Making Of, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: What happens when a world-renowned scientist, crushed by the loss of his eldest daughter, formulates a theory in conflict with religious dogma? This is the story of Charles Darwin and his master-work 'The Origin of Species'. It tells of a global revolution played out the confines of a small English village; a passionate marriage torn apart by the most dangerous idea in history; and a theory saved from extinction by the logic of a child. ...Creation
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38 of 40 people found the following review helpful
By bragadaccio
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
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!
32 of 34 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
By tubbydaddy
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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Special features better than film
Really useful interviews in special features which are great as part of a lesson. Film itself gives interesting insight into Darwin's character, background and struggles, but is a... Read more
Published 24 days ago by Julie A James
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Superb film - Worst DVD I've ever bought
Whilst the film itself is absolutely superb I am horrified to find that the DVD extras are an appalling mish mash of creationism, intelligent design and religious theory. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Jon
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go for it
I found it ok. It is worth buying it if you like the genre. Also good for the money invested and the delivery.
Published 3 months ago by Brother Jung
2.0 out of 5 stars
Evolution of Species and Divine Creation
A well-filmed version of the book Annie's Box which relates Darwin's development of his theory of the Evolution of Species to the death of his ten year old daughter and his wife's... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Gordon Brocklehurst
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Not a documentary - an intelligent drama
This is a film with a theme. Having watched it I was surprised by the number of one star reviews, not from religious nuts objecting to the facts of evolution, but from people who... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Ged
1.0 out of 5 stars
Boring!
This is a dreadfully boring film. I don't think there was enough material to make a film about in the first place which is where this falls flat on its face. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Ultimate Reviewer
3.0 out of 5 stars
Sombre and sober period piece....
I wasn't expecting CGI'd ultra dramatics, nor comic charisma from Paul Bettany, as Charles Darwin, but this could have been so much more. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Tim Kidner
3.0 out of 5 stars
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 12 months ago by afrashi
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The evolution of a great film
For anyone with even the vaguest interest in Darwin, the writing of his seminal book or the effects it had on his family and friends and, of course, the whole world in general,... Read more
Published 17 months ago by RR Waller
1.0 out of 5 stars
False dramatization of Darwin
This film is disappointing because it tells a false story. Instead of focussing on the intellectual effect of Darwin's theory, it presents Darwin as a sick man slowly going mad. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Markus Neacey
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