The Sheep Detectives wins praise as a delightful family mystery
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Updated · The New York Times · May 7
The Sheep Detectives wins praise as a delightful family mystery
6 articles · Updated · The New York Times · May 7
The New York Times review highlights Kyle Balda’s PG-rated, 1-hour-49-minute film, adapted from Leonie Swann’s 2005 novel and starring Hugh Jackman as shepherd George.
The critic says the live-action talking-animal movie is funny, emotionally complex and unusually respectful toward its sheep detectives, who investigate their shepherd’s murder.
The review argues the film revives a largely vanished style of broadly appealing PG family cinema, with a script by Craig Mazin that mixes mature themes with comedy.
Will this film's success force Hollywood to finally rethink its strategy for family entertainment?
How did the writer of 'Chernobyl' craft a murder mystery that makes children laugh and adults cry?