Very disappointing...

Terrible acting, screenplay and direction.

Great Film overall

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

As a TV mini-series, Creature ranks pretty much as first rate.Although hardly original story wise, it's still an interesting creature feature flick that doesn't have too many lulls despite it's three hour running time. There are moments you could easily see get the axe should this be pruned down to feature length but overall the film runs along smoothly and at an adequate pace.It's quite atmospheric at times and suspenseful and special effects are top notch. There's not any gore here and a seasoned horror fan can easily see where some red grue and more could have been spliced in. But no matter, it works despite that. The cast is also quite good with Craig T. Nelson in top form and Kim Cattrall looking lovely as ever.Verdict: 7 out of 10. A very good time filler on a slow night.

From the author of Jaws comes this so, so tale of a military experiment that splices the DNA of a human and a Great White shark.Yes, predictably the resulting uncontrollable beastie eventually gets loose and subsequently goes about terrorising a small beach side community.Craig T. Nelson and the ever sexy Kim Cattrall headline and equate themselves well in their respective roles whilst the rather splendid shark creature is supplied by the fx genius of Stan Winston (who was also responsible for the wonderful looking Pumpkinhead).A fairly run of the mill affair overall, this does nonetheless contain a fair number of exciting scenes to lift it above the average mark although the ending it has to be said is sadly a particular let down!Final verdict? Fellow fans of aquatic beastie films could certainly do a lot worse than to give this a go.

I watched the greatest film of all-time last night in my un-sleepiness. It was called "Creature," and it starred Craig T. Nelson of Coach fame, as Dr. Chase. Dr. Chase gets called into an island community where wither people are reported missing or they are found in bits and pieces. I don't know this informations, as I came in halfway through the movie. Anwyay, for some reason coach is upset and needs to find a new defensive coordinator before the big game or something. At the point where I came in, coach's son in the movie was trying to get this lady to understand that coach was worried about the people on the island.As it turns out there is a secret military base on the island... I don't know how this is important. I later find out the creature was created in the secret military base or something. The secret military base had something to do with the origin of the creature. Anyway, I'm a little scared, because menacing music is playing while the kid is talking to Coach, and then... the creature strikes! I must say at this point that I believe I came into "Creature' at perfect moment, because "Creature" is a 4-HOUR PROGRAM!!!! Anyway, the Creature is an amphibious shark, that is obviously a plastic model that doesn't move. I know this by the way every scene with the Creature is shot, and so will you. This either proves movie making is not rocket science, or the Creature was created with a budget somewhere around $75. the Creature really looks like "Trogdoor the Burninator" of Homestar Runner fame, right down to the beefy arms coming out the back of his neck. Also, in this movie, you can't fight off the creature even though he appears to be about 4'6 and totally inflexible. The attack scenes are just god-awful Anyway, after a while I noticed Samantha from Sex and the City was in the movie. Apparently she answered an ad in the back of a dirty magazine and was on the island in order to shoot some sort of film with the Creature or something. Right about that time I fell asleep. The movie was definitely my favorite made-for-TV moment of all-time.

I don't want to beat a dead squid, but Peter Benchley needs to get over his obsession with scary creatures in dark water. Put the pen down and go for a swim!The writers covered it all - opening scene of a mysterious brutal death beneath the surface that outrages the locals, an under-appreciated 'expert' in marine biology (complete with sharkbait son), the skeptical townsfolk, the local police chief that doesn't want to ruin the reputation of his beaches, lots of fog at random moments of suspense, etc...The special effects are, well, not especially effective and the acting is annoying at best. If you want to enjoy this trainwreck, play the 'Chase' drinking game (Craig T. Nelson's character is Chase) and take a swig every time someone yells it out. You'll be feeling good by the second commercial break!