Maybe. I see a bit more ahistorical melodrama in the trailer for Creation than I like…but it is a movie, after, even if it is about Charles Darwin.
I like that it puts the idea that Darwin killed god front and center, but we'll have to see if it waffles to make an accommodating ending.
The trailer is also on YouTube if you're having trouble viewing this.
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