Genesis 2004

Critics score:
83 / 100

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Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune: With quiet skill and some poetry, Nuridsany and Perennou -- who began as award-winning nature photographers and popular book writers -- give us a big peek into their infinite theme and subject. Read more

Tom Keogh, Seattle Times: Nuridsany and Perennou have made another breathtaking feature penetrating the unseen kingdom around us. Read more

Walter V. Addiego, San Francisco Chronicle: While the science sticks to the level of high school physics and biology, the combination of words and images is resonant and pleasing. Read more

Kevin Crust, Los Angeles Times: Genesis is a creationist's nightmare -- a feature-length endorsement of evolution. But it does so in an inherently spiritual manner. At times, the life through a microscope plainly blurs the line between man and animal. Read more

Ella Taylor, L.A. Weekly: Makes the shift from the world in a grain of sand to nothing less than a material history of the world. Read more

Jennie Punter, Globe and Mail: Bogged down by its intentions and too vast a 'cast.' Read more

Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star: An entrancing, technically ravishing blend of philosophy and science. Read more

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Lisa Nesselson, Variety: Offers the kind of eye-poppingly intimate footage of various critters evolving from the fetal stage or eating, strolling, fighting and courting that can only be obtained via infinite patience with special equipment in exotic locations. Read more