Creation Stories

Would it have been so hard to find Glaswegian actors to play the leads? The mix of truly dreadful accents made this unbearable to watch for this Glasgow boy!

As with all biopics there are liberties taken but this one seems to rewrite the narrative on the guys whole life. There are parts that make no sense at all that have been dropped in like an homage to Trainspotting, the sound mixing is terrible and being Glaswegian I can assure you none of the cast sound like us. The annoying thing about it though is it's a really boring movie. There's no substance to this other than the soundtrack which, as you'd expect, is brilliant.

That was bloody awful, and I'm a huge fan of Creation Records. There were a few funny lines but overall it felt like a Saturday Night Live movie that was derived from a moderately funny skit that shouldn't have been made. It was meandering and was incredibly hard to understand what was being said half the time. I almost turned it off with 45 minutes left, and in hindsight wish I did.

This should have been a great movie but it's just a bit of a mess. A great story with the best bits skipped over pretty quickly. Screamadelica was Creations first big thing but was lucky if it got a minute's mention. The accents were pretty terrible too, I'm sure there's better suited actors to play JAMC, at least use Scottish ones, same with the Gallaghers, very poor choices. Still, at least the music was good. Probably would've made a better six part tv series than cramming McGee's eventful life into a movie.

Well told Biopic with the right amount of humour & grit to keep you gripped and entertained through out... If your an indie music lover - What's not to like?! "Thank you Glasgow & Goodnight!!"

Genuinely one of the worst films I've ever seen. It's received respectable reviews but I don't understand why. Completely incoherent, terribly directed, and badly acted. The only time I laughed was when "Tony Blair" turned up, but I was laughing at the film, not with it.

I get the feeling Irvine Welsh made this just to take the mick out of McGee... and Nick Moran fell for it. Embarrassingly awful, even when viewed as a kind of 'meta' in-joke for all of us who love these bands. This feels like Spud's fever dream rather than an a useful depiction of what is a genuinely fantastic story. The bands have really been done dirty... Kevin Shields comes off like a pathetic idiot, Innes' Hep C/missing kidney got more air time than Screamadelica, and I probably could have done a better Reid brother impression than either of these kids. And don't get me started on the Gallaghers. It's cheap as hell, the acting is awful on the whole, the sound mixing is dreadful (I had to wear headphones to hear the dialogue properly), the attention to historic detail is completely off. What the hell was that 'introduction to ecstasy' scene? Could someone who was actually there have advised, or are their memories all so mashed by all the drugs and booze that THIS is how they remember Acid House?! Why Welsh and Moran felt a saccharine 'wrap up' of McGee's relationship with his dad was appropriate is also beyond me. Before the film was released I heard McGee being interviewed on 5 Live... he suggested none of his artists would have come to the premiere of they had one... and Colin Murray admitted everyone else he'd contacted for comment on the film had refused. Now I understand why.

I am from Glasgow myself and could not understand their mumbling exaggerated accents! Shockingly bad pile of... And the lead actor could not act his way out of a paper bag!