Overview
- The Netflix film, which premiered Friday, May 8, stars Sally Field with Lewis Pullman and features Alfred Molina as the voice of Marcellus.
- Critics praise Field’s moving turn and the story’s gentle, human focus on loneliness, loss, and healing.
- Several reviews note limits in the octopus voiceover framing and say some CGI shots look less convincing.
- Production set the fictional Sowell Bay in British Columbia, using Vancouver’s Deep Cove to stand in for the seaside town.
- Interior scenes were filmed at the Vancouver Aquarium, where footage of its Giant Pacific octopus, Agnetha, helped model the CGI Marcellus.