Reviews Praise Hugh Jackman's "The Sheep Detectives" Film
Critics are largely praising "The Sheep Detectives," a new film starring Hugh Jackman, for its charming and offbeat blend of family comedy and murder mystery. The movie is being described as a wholesome and entertaining caper.
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The Sheep Detectives review – Hugh Jackman gives a flock in baa-rking mad cosy crime caper
Jackman plays the farmer in this Babe-style feelgood family film about plucky sheep who help solve a murder Here is a murder mystery that’s like a cross between Babe and The Thursday Murder Club, in which instead of plucky underdog retirees solving crimes, it’s … sheep? With a touch of Watership Down somewhere in the mix, this film, for some, may be off-putting. Actually, it makes for a sweet-natured family comedy, and a spiky and amusing cameo from Emma Thompson certainly doesn’t hurt. Scree...
By Peter Bradshaw
Read full article →‘The Sheep Detectives’ Review: Wholesomely Offbeat Family Comedy Has Bags Full of Charm
Something of an anomaly in the age of multi-screen households and fragmented viewing, the genuine all-ages family movie gets a canny but uncynical revival in “The Sheep Detectives.” As bracingly odd a proposition to hit the multiplex as any we’ve seen in the last couple of years, the first live-action feature from long-serving Illumination director […]
By Guy Lodge
Read full article →‘The Sheep Detectives’ Review: Hugh Jackman, His Wild And Woolly Flock, And A Nifty Murder Mystery Make For A Charming Cross Between ‘Babe’ And ‘Knives Out’
Family films these days are generally reduced to animation, rarely live action, at least those that might appeal to every member of the family, but the whimsical and wonderful The Sheep Detectives is that rarity, a movie that recalls the delight of 1995’s multi-Oscar nominated Babe mixed with the kind of murder mystery you might […]
By Pete Hammond
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