Creation Stories
RLJE Films | Release Date (Streaming): February 25, 2022 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
53
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
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4
Mixed:
6
Negative:
1
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
The TelegraphTim RobeyMar 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
75
Original-CinKim HughesJul 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
70
Screen DailyAmber WilkinsonJun 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
63
Movie NationRoger MooreFeb 26, 2022
Not all of it works. But giddy moments and goofy touches — former Bond villain Steven Berkoff shows up as “my inspiration,” the ghost of infamous 1930s novelist, occultist, thinker and druggy Alastair Crowley — put Creation Stories over. Read full review
60
The GuardianCath ClarkeJun 20, 2021
A lairy, likable film. Read full review
60
TheWrapCarlos AguilarJun 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
58
The PlaylistKristy PuchkoJun 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
50
The New York TimesGlenn KennyFeb 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
50
Screen RantFerdosa AbdiFeb 24, 2022
All in all, Creation Stories is by no means a loss, it's just missing that special ingredient that would transform it into a film worth being excited about. Instead, it could have simply been a spirited documentary narrated by Bremner. Read full review
40
The Observer (UK)Simran HansJun 20, 2021
The frenetic pacing, intended to sweep the audience along, can’t draw attention away from Irvine Welsh and Dean Cavanagh’s platitude-riddled script. Read full review
30
VarietyDennis HarveyFeb 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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