Too much of everything

Perfectly adorable

an ambitious but ultimately ineffective debut endeavor.

One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.

Everything about this movie is fantastic, from the story to the acting. Everything here is perfect and watching Creator is a formative experience. I have seen this movie the first time when I was a kid and it formed the way I think about love, friendship, life. The idea of the big picture in life is simply amazing and the way this idea is delivered is unique. I highly recommend this movie to everyone.Each and every actor in the movie is great. Peter O'Toole is amazing, Mariel Hemingway is fantastic in her role as a happy and light girl and the other actors (I don't remember their name now) are astounding.I am shocked that this movie has such a low rating, it's really a good movie!

It had been years since I saw this film - I forgot how much I loved it.This film features a great performance from its cast most especially that of Peter O'Toole & Virginia Madsen.O'Toole is magic in this film, the emotion he feels at the loss of his late wife all apparent yet he is torn with the emotions he now feels for Hemingway's "Meli". Hemingway also is very good in this film, as the comical nymphomaniac ...Madsen in this film she is as beautiful and magical as she was in the 80s as she is radiant now in recent films.This is fiction, a movie, but you feel as if the love between Madsen and Vincent Spano is real. You laugh when they laugh you are heartbroken when they are heartbroken. You feel their love and you feel their pain.David Ogden Stiers gives a good performance as the stuffy but talented villain too.I liked this film when I first saw it and that has not changed I love this film. Is it for everyone? Possibly not as people are different their tastes different but for most movie lovers this film is worth watching. Heartwarming and heartfelt you will laugh you will cry.

The only reason I give it as low as mark as 8 is because some of the interplay between Spano and Madsen threatens to get sugary enough to put a diabetic into a coma. Some of their dialog causes involuntary shudders also, but O'Toole is spectacular in it, as is most of the cast. A film about what truly makes up the substance of life, and does it with style, wit, and charm.Hemmingway is also pretty good, particularly considering her age and level of experience at the time, in bringing the impetuous and vivacious "Melli" to life. But this is O'Toole's film. If you find yourself disliking his character, be concerned. Highly recommended.

Have you ever seen a movie that made a quiet yet profound impact on your view of life? Have you ever seen a powerful performance from one of the world's best actors go so completely unnoticed in the process? Have you ever looked back on a film nearly 20 years later and think, "I hope I can find this on DVD?" Creator is one such movie. Peter O'Toole's performance is one of his better efforts (Come to think of it, even a BAD effort by O'Toole would be head and shoulders above some of today's stars). As Harry, you quickly learn (and, more importantly, FEEL) his pain and loss of his beloved wife Lucy, years after her loss. But he has what he feels is a perfect plan to clone her and recreate the love of his life. Mariel Hemingway's character (Meli) is the LAST person you would expect a scholar such as Harry would choose to be the host to carry the new Lucy to term. Hemingway's performance was a hoot. The story takes some twists and turns that include a side story that nearly supersedes the principal one. But the beauty, ultimately, is how the two complement each other. Getting through this movie is an emotional roller-coaster, the kind where when the ride is over you go, "WHEW!" But then again, you don't want it to end. The gift of this film is that when the lights came up at the end, it sent me back to reality with a different perspective that truly IS a gift.Did the movie "change my life?" Perhaps not, but it gave me a message that enabled me to change it myself. I think one of the reasons the movie came off so well (in addition, of course, to a brilliant performance by the cast) was that the script was written by the "creator" of the novel... so it stayed as true to the story as any adaptation can.Kudos to O'Toole, and the entire cast. But Kudos too, to writer Jeremy Leven, "Creator's" creator and director Ivan Passer who brought the story to the screen so lovingly... and entertainingly. Yes, this is one I want on my DVD shelf! If you've not seen it, do yourself a favor: Rent it and watch it with someone special. To paraphrase Leven, "Movies Can Be Wonderful..." and "Creator" shows you how.