Overview
- Critics published first reviews Monday, calling the live-action/CGI family mystery warm, funny, and surprisingly moving with comparisons to Babe, Paddington, and Knives Out.
- The film opens in U.S. theaters May 8 with Amazon MGM Studios handling domestic distribution and Sony managing international release, and it is rated PG with a 109-minute runtime.
- The story follows a flock of sheep who can speak to each other but not to humans as they try to solve their shepherd’s death in the English village of Denbrook, brought to life with Framestore’s creature effects.
- Kyle Balda directs from Craig Mazin’s adaptation of Leonie Swann’s novel Three Bags Full, with Hugh Jackman leading the live-action cast and voices from Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Bryan Cranston, Chris O’Dowd, Regina Hall, Patrick Stewart, and Bella Ramsey.
- Reviews note gentle humor layered with grief, memory, and community, positioning the film as a rare all-ages whodunnit and a long-gestating adaptation backed by Working Title and producer Lindsay Doran.