Creator

Creation really is a bit of a curate&#;s egg. Set mainly in the s and s, it tells the story of how Charles Darwin came to write On the Origin of Species, having devised his great theory of evolution by means of Natural Selection some years earlier.

The film contains numerous flashbacks, a number of which are revealed through the charming device of Darwin telling stories to his children.

Paul Bettany is the perfect choice to play Darwin, having served his apprenticeship playing the clearly Darwin-inspired Dr Stephen Maturin in Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World.

Bettany&#;s real-life wife, Jennifer Connelly, also makes a great Emma Darwin, and Benedict Cumberbatch is just right for the young Joseph Dalton Hooker—but Toby Jones doesn&#;t look at all right in his cameo role as Thomas Henry Huxley.

The sets are great, the acting is great, and the subject matter is great.

Admittedly, several liberties are tak