Intro: Back in Ireland, I wanted to go and watch "Mortal Kombat II" after work, but the time slots available at Cineworld weren't suitable, so I ended up going to see this one with Debbi instead.
Film 2471: "The Sheep Detectives" (2026), Kyle Balda
Watched: At the movies
Language: English
Watched with: Debbi
Thoughts: I'd be honest, putting Hugh Jackman front and center on the poster and pushing him as the lead of this movie is a little bit of false advertising if I've ever seen one. He's at best a supporting character.
I have no beef - wink wink - with this one, it's a perfectly fine movie that does its job. I'm not as enthusiastic about it as everyone else apparently - the ratings are high almost everywhere and the critics loved it - which kind of surprised me. Usually I'd be the perfect audience for a film like this, but I wasn't as invested, let's say.
Partly because of the Hugh Jackman thing I mentioned, partly because, as good as the CGI is here, it's still too obvious that all the animals are computer-generated, and possibly because I was expecting more after reading the good reviews, I have to admit I wasn't vibing too much with the story and I couldn't really connect with any of the characters.
This is not to say that "The Sheep Detectives" is a bad movie, because it's not. Despite its themes and plot points - a murder, of all things! - it's almost like a fairytale: all the animals talk, the human characters are either stupid or silly (apart from the shepherd, of course), and the animals save the day. The mystery isn't that complex either, in the sense that the green paint found on the body was obviously a clue from the get-go.
All in all, I had a good enough time not to regret watching it. But I don't think I'd watch it again.
Cast: Hugh Jackman, Nicholas Braun, Nicholas Galitzine, Molly Gordon, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Bryan Cranston, Chris O'Dowd, Regina Hall, Patrick Stewart, Bella Ramsey, Brett Goldstein, Hong Chau, Emma Thompson.
Box Office: $126 million
Worth a watch?: This film gives off whodunnit vibes, a murder mystery solved by sheep, yet it's somehow more of a family-friendly story. If you like movies that include talking animals, though, I'd go with Chris Noonan's "Babe" if I were you.
Awards: /
Key word: Blue and yellow.
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Watched: At the movies
Language: English
Watched with: Debbi
Thoughts: I'd be honest, putting Hugh Jackman front and center on the poster and pushing him as the lead of this movie is a little bit of false advertising if I've ever seen one. He's at best a supporting character.
I have no beef - wink wink - with this one, it's a perfectly fine movie that does its job. I'm not as enthusiastic about it as everyone else apparently - the ratings are high almost everywhere and the critics loved it - which kind of surprised me. Usually I'd be the perfect audience for a film like this, but I wasn't as invested, let's say.
Partly because of the Hugh Jackman thing I mentioned, partly because, as good as the CGI is here, it's still too obvious that all the animals are computer-generated, and possibly because I was expecting more after reading the good reviews, I have to admit I wasn't vibing too much with the story and I couldn't really connect with any of the characters.
This is not to say that "The Sheep Detectives" is a bad movie, because it's not. Despite its themes and plot points - a murder, of all things! - it's almost like a fairytale: all the animals talk, the human characters are either stupid or silly (apart from the shepherd, of course), and the animals save the day. The mystery isn't that complex either, in the sense that the green paint found on the body was obviously a clue from the get-go.
All in all, I had a good enough time not to regret watching it. But I don't think I'd watch it again.
Cast: Hugh Jackman, Nicholas Braun, Nicholas Galitzine, Molly Gordon, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Bryan Cranston, Chris O'Dowd, Regina Hall, Patrick Stewart, Bella Ramsey, Brett Goldstein, Hong Chau, Emma Thompson.
Box Office: $126 million
Worth a watch?: This film gives off whodunnit vibes, a murder mystery solved by sheep, yet it's somehow more of a family-friendly story. If you like movies that include talking animals, though, I'd go with Chris Noonan's "Babe" if I were you.
Awards: /
Key word: Blue and yellow.
Trailer
#HollywoodCiak
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