How he saw the world changed it forever
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.
Genre(s): Biography, Drama
Rating: 7.0/10 (1,038 votes)
Release Date: 10 September 2009
Country: UK
Languages: English
Company: Recorded Picture Company (RPC)
Sound: Dolby Digital
Director(s): Jon Amiel
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Producer(s):
Janice Eymann - executive producer
Jamie Laurenson - executive producer
Nick O'Hagan - co-producer
Jeremy Thomas - producer
David M. Thompson - executive producer
Tom Waller - line producer: Thailand
Peter Watson - executive producer
Christina Yao - executive producer
Writer(s):
John Collee - screenplay
Randal Keynes - biography
Cast:
Paul Bettany - Charles Darwin
Jennifer Connelly - Emma Darwin
Jeremy Northam - Reverend Innes
Toby Jones - Thomas Huxley
Benedict Cumberbatch - Joseph Hooker
Jim Carter - Parslow
Martha West - Annie Darwin
Teresa Churcher - Mrs. Davies
Harrison Sansostri - Lenny Darwin
Zak Davies - Jemmy Buttons
Music: Christopher Young
Janice Eymann - executive producer
Jamie Laurenson - executive producer
Nick O'Hagan - co-producer
Jeremy Thomas - producer
David M. Thompson - executive producer
Tom Waller - line producer: Thailand
Peter Watson - executive producer
Christina Yao - executive producer
Writer(s):
John Collee - screenplay
Randal Keynes - biography
Cast:
Paul Bettany - Charles Darwin
Jennifer Connelly - Emma Darwin
Jeremy Northam - Reverend Innes
Toby Jones - Thomas Huxley
Benedict Cumberbatch - Joseph Hooker
Jim Carter - Parslow
Martha West - Annie Darwin
Teresa Churcher - Mrs. Davies
Harrison Sansostri - Lenny Darwin
Zak Davies - Jemmy Buttons
Music: Christopher Young
Posted on: January 23, 2010
January 23rd, 2010
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January 24th, 2010
I had high hopes going to see this, as I always enjoy Paul Bettany’sperformances. I thought he was very good as Darwin, and did his bestconsidering the terrible material he had to work with.
The story focused too much on endless mawkish sentiment about Darwin’sgrief for his daughter Annie, and too much time was also wasted inDarwin wondering whether or not to write his book. Eventually I was sobored it was difficult to care.
All in all, this was a bit like making a movie about Picasso andspending two hours concentrating on him having a fight with hisgirlfriend and not bothering to mention that he was an artist.
January 26th, 2010
I wish I could tell you that this film is as exciting as the theoriesit espouses. But I can't. Another species could have come and mutatedwhile I waited for some action. For such a controversial man, Darwinlived the most conventional life. If you didn't know about the madtheories, you could almost mistake him for a stamp collector.
The film-makers have cast Darwin as a dullard which does him adisservice. Even when he briefly loses his mind due to his tirelesstheorising, it wasn't interesting to watch. Maybe great thinkers aredull people? I don't know what I was expecting: a forehead-bangingeccentric with wild hair and eyes espousing his love of all thingssimian, the glint of madness straining from a furrowed brow? Along-haired hermit who babbled to animals? A head-cradling lunatic witheyes lit up like beacons of truth? All of the above would have beengreat. This is the movies for Scorsese's sake.
But there was none of that. No lightning, no thunder, no wonder, noawe. Just Paul Bettany and Jennifer Connelly fresh from the Subtle asBreath School of Method Acting. I imagine that someone with Darwin'sideas had a brain like a speeding train so why did this film justpootle along – chug chug chug – like a slow winter? The disappointmentis immeasurable.