Creation Stories

Name: Creation Stories
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Released: February 25, 2022
Duration: 105 min
Rating: 53
Cast: Ciaran Lawless, Ewen Bremner, Gerry Knotts, Irvine Welsh, Jack Paterson

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RLJE Films | Release Date (Streaming): February 25, 2022 | Not Rated

Starring: Ciaran Lawless, Ewen Bremner, Gerry Knotts, Irvine Welsh, Jack Paterson, James Hicks, Leo Flanagan, Richard Jobson, Rori Hawthorn, Tess Rowe

Summary: The true story of the rise and fall of Creation Records and its infamous founder, Alan McGee; the man who brought the world Oasis, Primal Scream, and other generation-defining bands that defined the “Brit Pop” soundtrack to the 90s.

Director: Nick Moran

Genre(s): Biography, Drama, Music

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 105 min

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The Telegraph Tim Robey

Mar 1, 2021

Bremner, perfectly cast and moving as well as funny, makes McGee an unrepentant showman who’s also an addict high on his own success. It’s refreshing, after the arduous self-pity of Rocketman, to watch a British music biopic which doesn’t wallow in finger-wagging regrets all day. Read full review

Kim Hughes

Jul 20, 2021

Director Nick Moran gets the temperature of the era mostly right, and effectively weaves this extraordinary source material into a watchable if formulaic two hours. Read full review

Amber Wilkinson

Jun 20, 2021

If it occasionally strains too hard to underline its “rebellious” credentials, with an expletive-laden script, quick cuts, archive pop clips and trippy visuals, the brassy, keep-up-if-you-can approach keeps the authentic cadence of Glasgow and, more generally, helps Moran mitigate the slightly stagey production values and sets. Read full review

Carlos Aguilar

Jun 20, 2021

Despite trying to be forcefully meta (McGee explicitly says he hates biopics), the platitude-plagued script and mostly mundane filmmaking underscore how ultimately unadventurous Creation Stories is. Read full review

The Playlist Kristy Puchko

Jun 26, 2021

Though entertaining, the funky flourishes offered in plotting, visuals, and voiceover ultimately become a superficial rebellion, draped over a disappointingly stale form. Basically, it’s like sticking safety pins on a t-shirt pre-torn at The Gap. Read full review

Glenn Kenny

Feb 24, 2022

“Stories” does have a handful of funny and affecting scenes. But it’s most interesting when McGee, after sobering up, makes an ill-advised alliance with Tony Blair. Read full review

Dennis Harvey

Feb 25, 2022

As directed by Nick Moran in obvious imitation of executive producer Danny Boyle’s most hyperbolic style, scripted by Irvine Welsh and Dean Cavanagh, this apparently loose interpretation of the subject’s memoir becomes a hyperventilating “Behind the Music” caricature, all familiar flash and precious little substance. Read full review

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