Review of Creator (1985) by David K — 04 Jan 2010
The main reason I watched this movie again, the first time is when it came out, was Peter O'Toole.
I have grown to enjoy a lot of his work in the last few years, so I thought, lets take a look at an 80's flick.
Creator is about a University Professor, played by O'Toole, who is trying to re-create his dead wife. In other words, clone her. He is the resident genius, and David Ogden Stiers plays his foil.
Vincent Spano plays Boris (clever), his lab assisstant. Mariel Hemingway plays a girl who donates an egg and falls in love with Harry Wolper (O'Toole). It is also a very early performance by Virginia madsen, who at this point, her only major works were Electric Dreams & Dune.
It is fun, it is frivolous.
As with many things when looking at them through the eyes of an adult, I did find one major flaw with the plot.
Even if Prof. Wolper did re-grow his dead wife, it wouldn't be her. He was regrowing her body, but not her mind. A clone would have different life experiences than the original, therefore, it would have a different personality. From what I saw, he wasn't using any rapid aging for the clone either, which means, he would have continued to age as she did, therefore, making it even more impossible for them to be together.
Anyway, I digress. It is still a nice movie. If you have a chance, check it out.
This review of Creator (1985) was written by David K on 04 Jan 2010.
Creator has generally received positive reviews.
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