Overview:
George Hardy is a shepherd who reads detective novels to his beloved sheep every night, assuming they can't possibly understand. But when a mysterious incident disrupts life on the farm, the sheep realize they must become the detectives. As they follow the clues and investigate human suspects, they prove that even sheep can be brilliant crime-solvers.| Status: | Released (2026-04-30) |
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| Awards: | 1 win total |
| BoxOffice: | $65,051,620 |
| Screen: | Craig Mazin, Leonie Swann |
| Productions: | Working Title Films, Three Strange Angels, Amazon MGM Studios |
| Production Countries: | United States of America, United Kingdom |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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Casts
- 6968: Hugh Jackman - George Hardy
- 15886: Julia Louis-Dreyfus - Lily (voice)
- 7056: Emma Thompson - Lydia Harbottle
- 85139: Nicholas Braun - Officer Tim Derry
- 40477: Chris O'Dowd - Mopple (voice)
- 17419: Bryan Cranston - Sebastian (voice)
- 1425934: Nicholas Galitzine - Elliot Matthews
Crews
- 8023: Kyle Balda - Director - Directing
- 11058: Lindsay Doran - Producer - Production
- 2236: Tim Bevan - Producer - Production
- 2238: Eric Fellner - Producer - Production
- 107446: Phil Lord - Executive Producer - Production
- 1320090: Aditya Sood - Executive Producer - Production
- 1446624: Tim Wellspring - Executive Producer - Production
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Reviews
CinemaSerf
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Hugh Jackman may take top billing here, but the real plaudits have to go to some animatronic sheep and to Nicholas Braun's hapless detective "Tim". He is completely out of his depth when a body is discovered in a field. He just assumes that "George" (Jackman) has had an heart attack ....
Continue reading ->HaremCinema
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Shepherd dies. It’s the result of murder most foul! Unpropitiously for the manslayer there is a most important factor that they have not accounted for. Unbeknownst to the assassin, the deceased herdsman had been training a crack team of detectives. (If, at this point, you can’t tell ....
Continue reading ->Sierbahnn
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It's weird to make a sheep movie without any sheep. While this is a murder mystery, Hugh Jackman doesn't actually do anything in this movie and is away from most of it being dead and the movie is all about the sheep and their interaction with each other and the human world. The movi ....
Continue reading ->badelf
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Summary: 8/10: a genuinely delightful family film that respects both the mystery genre and its audience, proving that even the most unlikely premise can work when executed with heart and craft. Based on Leonie Swann's very popular novel Three Bags Full, this is a delightfully funn ....
Continue reading ->Brent Marchant
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Fusing supposedly incompatible genres can be tricky business, a practice whose results may seem like a surefire way to an inappropriate mix. Yet, every so often, moviegoers get pleasantly surprised by such unlikely ventures, as is the case in this latest effort from director Kyle Bal ....
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