A remarkable attempt to synthesize science and spirituality
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03/22/06
Genesis - Where Are We Coming From? (2005)
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Reviews Counted: 18
Fresh: 15
Rotten:3
Average Rating: 7/10
Theatrical Release:May 27, 2005 Limited
Synopsis: Blending humor with seriousness, innocence with wisdom, an African griot uses the evocative language of myth and fable to relate the birth of the universe and the stars, the fiery beginnings of our... [More]
Director: Claude Nuridsany, Marie Perennou
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Reviews for Genesis - Where Are We Coming From?
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The team of five credited cinematographers, which includes the directors, uses slow motion, time-lapse and extreme close-ups to provide fresh perspective on familiar sights and jaw-dropping footage of things you've never seen.
11/04/05
Because the images are so original and beautiful, Genesis is a movie you'll want to see on the big screen.
09/29/05
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.
09/01/05
Top CriticSwitch off the subtitles and you have 90 mins of convenient entertainment for the school holidays, though the kids would probably prefer to be taken to the aquarium or the zoo
08/30/05
Nuridsany and Pérennou have made another breathtaking feature penetrating the unseen kingdom around us.
07/15/05
Fascinating as these spiders and frogs must be to one another, a human being need not be put into such close proximity to their private dances.
07/14/05
An entrancing, technically ravishing blend of philosophy and science.
07/08/05
Top CriticAs timeless as it is gorgeous.
07/08/05
Bogged down by its intentions and too vast a 'cast.'
07/08/05
Top CriticWhile the science sticks to the level of high school physics and biology, the combination of words and images is resonant and pleasing.
06/17/05
Top CriticThe images in their visual way match the poetry of the griot's language, and it's obvious much deep contemplation has gone into the film's narrative development.
06/02/05
An astonishing creation.
05/27/05
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.
05/26/05
Top CriticOffers 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.
05/26/05
Top CriticMakes the shift from the world in a grain of sand to nothing less than a material history of the world.
05/26/05
A work of deep conscience and imagination.
03/03/05
Touches only on the very basics of Creation, but offers very pretty pictures.
11/08/04
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