The movie stars Paul Bettany (Margin Call, Iron Man 2), Jennifer Connelly (Labyrinth, House of Sand and Fog), Jeremy Northam (Gosforth Park, Enigma). Toby Jones (What's Wrong with Virginia, Frost/Nixon), and Jim Carter (The Madness of King George, Blame it on the Bellboy).
The plot revolves around Charles Dawin after he and his religous wife loose a daughter and he strugles to write The Origion of Species.
The acting is good all around in this BBC production. Beattany and Connelly do very well. The girl who play the daughter that dies does a very good job also. She has some adult like scenes with Beattany espically.
The time laspe scene of the decaying animal was done well also. The stress in Darwins life comes through in Bettamys performance. Its unclear to me if the stress is from his daughter or not being able to finish his book but that ambiguity is not a distraction for me.
There is a great scene when the surviving children and Bettany where they ask for a real story and the scene plays very well. I thought it was a great leap of faith for Darwin to send his only copy (I assume only copy) with the mail to the publisher. But what option did they have at the time.
Im rating this movie as a B+. It is worth the time to stream.
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