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The Creator

PG-13

Released Sep 29, 2023

2h 13m

Sci-Fi

Action

Adventure

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The Creator: Featurette - Hans Zimmer

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The Creator: TV Spot - Promise

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The Creator: Featurette - Meet the Creator

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The Creator: - Protection

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The Creator: Final Trailer

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The Creator: Featurette - Unlikely Connection

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The Creator: TV Spot - Alive

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The Creator: Teaser - Special Look

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The Creator: Featurette - AI Friend or Foe

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The Creator: Featurette - Gareth's Vision

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From writer/director Gareth Edwards ("Rogue One," "Godzilla") comes an epic sci-fi action thriller set amidst a future war between the human race and the forces of artificial intelligence. Joshua (John David Washington, "Tenet"), a hardened ex-special forces agent grieving the disappearance of his wife (Gemma Chan, "Eternals"), is recruited to hunt down and kill the Creator, the elusive architect of advanced AI who has developed a mysterious weapon with the power to end the war... and mankind itself. Joshua and his team of elite operatives journey across enemy lines, into the dark heart of AI-occupied territory... only to discover the world-ending weapon he's been instructed to destroy is an AI in the form of a young child (newcomer Madeleine Yuna Voyles).

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Critics Consensus

Visually stunning and packed with spectacular set pieces, The Creator serves up timely, well-acted sci-fi that satisfies in the moment even if it lacks substance.

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Audience Says

Excellent performances and fantastic visual effects make The Creator an entertaining watch -- and the questions raised by its thought-provoking story will stay with you after the closing credits roll.

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Claudia Puig

FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)

I liked aspects of it, mostly the visuals... It's just too bad the story was derivative and seemed to crib from so many other sci-fi epics.

Oct 21, 2023

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Chris Hewitt

Minneapolis Star Tribune

The main question about "The Creator" is: How has a movie this good and this big arrived in theaters with so little fanfare?

Rated: 3.5/4

Oct 6, 2023

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Sandra Hall

Sydney Morning Herald

Writer-director Gareth Edwards and his collaborator, Chris Weitz, have crafted a script which tries so hard to cover all the ethical dilemmas posed by the rise of artificial intelligence that I’m not sure what it’s meant to be saying.

Rated: 3/5

Oct 5, 2023

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Sarah Ksiazek

The MacGuffin

It says something about the film industry when just having an original story is enough to get people in seats, let alone with the resumé of Gareth Edwards and Chris Weitz to back it up.

Rated: A-

Feb 10, 2024

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Charlotte Harrison

Charlotte Sometimes Goes to the Movies

Few films in 2023 were in possession of world-building as good as this...

Jan 26, 2024

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Pete Vonder Haar

Houston Press

Edwards also wisely keeps events moving swiftly enough that we can't really linger on how little meat there really is on this story's bones. The Creator runs a shade over two hours, which is maybe one action set piece too far

Rated: 3.5/5

Jan 25, 2024

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Joel

this movie was really good and the visuals were fantastic

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

05/25/24

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ERIC S

It puts me in the mindset of The Matrix meets The Golden Child. I just so happen to love both movies. Anyone who loves sci fi should see this---plenty of thrills through out the film.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/04/24

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Christopher T

It was a movie with interesting ideas that were not fully developed, and good performances were overshadowed by overly predictable tropes that, in the end, made it mostly forgettable. Not a bad movie, but somewhat disappointing.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

12/28/23

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Paul T

FLAWLESS MOVIE!! 🔥🔥🔥

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/15/23

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Jason

really good movie they should have probably did better with pacing though

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/14/23

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Maurice

The movie felt long and John the actor seems to only play himself. I wish both sides were gray instead of the movie portraying the machines as the good guys. I will say the little girl was a good actress in this. I had an issue with one of the robots acting too human like smoking. The cgi was good though.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

11/28/23

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The Creator: Featurette - Hans Zimmer

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The Creator: TV Spot - Promise

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The Creator: Featurette - Meet the Creator

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The Creator: - Protection

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The Creator: Final Trailer

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The Creator: Featurette - Unlikely Connection

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The Creator: TV Spot - Alive

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The Creator: Teaser - Special Look

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The Creator: Featurette - AI Friend or Foe

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The Creator: Featurette - Gareth's Vision

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Synopsis

From writer/director Gareth Edwards ("Rogue One," "Godzilla") comes an epic sci-fi action thriller set amidst a future war between the human race and the forces of artificial intelligence. Joshua (John David Washington, "Tenet"), a hardened ex-special forces agent grieving the disappearance of his wife (Gemma Chan, "Eternals"), is recruited to hunt down and kill the Creator, the elusive architect of advanced AI who has developed a mysterious weapon with the power to end the war... and mankind itself. Joshua and his team of elite operatives journey across enemy lines, into the dark heart of AI-occupied territory... only to discover the world-ending weapon he's been instructed to destroy is an AI in the form of a young child (newcomer Madeleine Yuna Voyles).

Director: Gareth Edwards
Producer: Gareth Edwards, Kiri Hart, Jim Spencer, Arnon Milchan
Screenwriter: Gareth Edwards, Chris Weitz
Distributor: 20th Century Studios
Production Co: 20th Century Studios, Entertainment One, New Regency Productions
Rating: PG-13 (Strong Language|Some Bloody Images|Violence)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 29, 2023, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 14, 2023
Box Office (Gross USA): $40.8M
Runtime: 2h 13m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital, Dolby Atmos

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