80 The Hollywood Reporter | Ray Bennett Amiel's greatest achievement is that Creation is a deeply human film with moments of genuine lightness and high spirits to go with all the deep thinking. Read full review
75 San Francisco Chronicle | Mick LaSalle It helps that most of Creation is about the relationships - Darwin's with his wife and with his daughter. Even if we resist it, even if we don't want to be dragged in, the story of Annie becomes quite moving, almost unbearable. Read full review
75 Philadelphia Inquirer | Carrie Rickey Jon Amiel's moody, and strangely moving, vignette of the naturalist is something else entirely. It is more about Darwin, father and husband, than Darwin the scientist. Read full review
75 Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert I have a feeling the loss of their child and the state of their marriage were what most interested the backers of this film. They must have wanted to make a film about Darwin the man, not Darwin the scientist. Read full review