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Remarkably Bright Creatures

20261h 54m

8.3TMDB score
4.0/53 reviews

Through unlikely bonds formed during night shifts at a local aquarium, Tova, an elderly widow, learns of a life-changing discovery that may bring her joy and wonder once again.

Director
Olivia Newman
Cast
Sally Field, Lewis Pullman, Colm Meaney, Alfred Molina, Joan Chen

Reviews

Brent Marchant Review from TMDB
★★★★★

Recent research has indicated that the octopus is an unexpectedly intelligent creature. It’s surprising to many of us given the many significant differences between us and these beings. Considering our respective physical traits, living environments and other distinguishing qualities, we may well be tempted to think that we couldn’t possibly be on intellectual wavelengths comparable to one another. And there are unlikely to be many of us who feel any kind of affinity for one another, especially when it comes to inter-species communication. But don’t tell that to Tova Sullivan (Sally Field), a senior widow who works as a cleaning lady at the local aquarium where she’s best friends with the resident giant Pacific octopus, Marcellus (narrator for this story voiced by Alfred Molina). Tova has experienced her share of tragedies in life, events that have made her something of a recluse. She...

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badelf Review from TMDB
★★★★★

7/10: Sally Field delivers a career-highlight performance that transcends the film's otherwise conventional craft, turning a potentially saccharine premise into something genuinely moving about loss, solitude, and second chances. The opening moments are a whimsy that feels pitched to a younger demographic. But give Olivia Newman's adaptation of Shelby Van Pelt's novel twenty minutes to settle into itself, and what emerges is something genuinely affecting: a meditation on aging, youth, loss, love, and the unlikely connections that allow us to forgive ourselves and each other. Sally Field anchors the film with the kind of lived-in performance that reminds you why she's collected two Oscars and a lifetime of respect. She plays Tova, a widow still haunted by her son's disappearance decades earlier, who works night shifts at a small-town aquarium and finds solace in solitude. Field...

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Zeus Review from TMDB
★★★★★

#Mymuvir3 #RemakablyBrightCreatures2026 #688 9/10 stars review ratings #SallyField #LewisPullman #ColmMeaney #Marcellus (Octopus Voice) One of those movie whether you really hate it or love it. In this case its more to the earlier I suppose. Set up on an ordinary life of a lady ,, an aquarium keeper and yes the miracle starts from there. One of the great acting from Sally Field and thats not even an exaggeration. Its a 9/10 stars review ratings from me and it is well deserve hwen the whole story form up.

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