i wish i could tell you that this film be as exciting a the theory it espouse . but i can not . another specie could have come and mutate while i wait for some action . for such a controversial man and darwin live the most conventional life . if you do not know about the mad theory and you could almost mistake him for a stamp collector . the film maker have cast darwin a a dullard which do him a disservice . even when he briefly lose his mind due to his tireless theorising and it wasn not interesting to watch . maybe great thinker be dull people . i do not know what i be expect represent a forehead bang eccentric with wild hair and eye espouse his love of all thing simian and the glint of madness strain from a furrow brow . a long haired hermit who babble to animal . a head cradle lunatic with eye light up like beacon of truth . all of the above would have be great . this be the movie for scorsese sake . but there be none of that . no lightning and no thunder and no wonder and no awe . just paul bettany and jennifer connelly fresh from the subtle a breath school of method act . i imagine that someone with darwin idea have a brain like a speeding train so why do this film just pootle along chug chug chug like a slow winter . the disappointment be immeasurable .