the more i think about it, the less i like this movie. like everyone, i was pretty surprised at the positive, and rather emotional reception that this movie was getting. i mean, c'mon. a whodunnit with CGI sheep as the detectives? ridiculous. a big-budget slopshow starring a-listers at first glance. and after watching the whole movie... i can't say my opinion has changed much. the screenplay has some good ideas and themes about memory and grief, but the sheer absurd nature of the plot doesn't allow that idea to be sufficiently executed. the cast probably had a lot of fun doing this project; it's the exact type of low-stakes project you can just clock into to have fun and leave at the end of the day. not to say that low-stakes projects don't have value, because this definitely has SOME. what i'm trying to say is that i just didn't care about this movie.
aside from the critical aspect, they killed my dawg (not dog) sebastian. poor dude. GEORGE THE LAMB IS A BABY ILOVETHATCHILD I WAS GOING TO KILL EVERY SHEEP IN THERE FOR OSTRACISING HIM. nicholas galitzine is the killer in this movie and it's funny how his first instinct is to gaslight the police officer when he's called out at the end. can't believe he was larping as a wannabe reporter. but he also talks on the phone to someone about how he's excited to cover a small-town murder mystery so like, WHO WAS HE TALKING TO? and police officer dude learning to solve the crime coz of a agatha christie ass novel that the sheep put him on: wild. this movie is just pure tomfoolery man. what even.
