Creation Stories Review: Uneven Alan McGee Biopic Is Trainspotting Lite
Creation Stories tells the tale of Alan McGee, the man who helped change up the music scene in the UK with Brit Pop, which brought forth a cultural renaissance known as Cool Britannia. The film adaptation — based on the autobiography Creation Stories: Riots Raves & Running a Label — of the somewhat fantastical rise and fall of Creation Records' founder attempts to capture the topsy-turvy vibe of its era, but falls short.
There is no shortage of music biopics. With more and more musical legends' stories finding their way onto the big and small screens, the wave was bound to find its way to the creatives behind the scenes. Often the famous managers and studio producers that find their special someone(s) are tagging alongside the musicians' journey — think Aidan Gillen’s John Reid in Bohemian Rhapsody. However, Creation Stories focuses its energy on the larger-than-life character that is McGee, the man who discovered Oasis.
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Without glancing at the credits, it is easy to see screenwriter Irvine Welsh’s — who co-wrote the script with Dean Cavanagh — fingerprints all over this film. Nick Moran is at the helm and giving viewers his best impression of the Danny Boyle-directed Trainspotting (Boyle is an executive producer on Creation Stories). Smack dab in the middle of the film is Ewen Bremner (also in Trainspotting) as McGee. The film attempts to give audiences an energetic depiction of an era where the music scene was going through a seismic cultural shift. It also attempts to give an air of relevance to the lead, who lived a colorful life. But the confluence of elements needed to bring about this eventful era to the screen falls flat. The
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