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.
Production
Seamless sheep-to-human scale, every set piece cozy perfection
Writing
Mystery actually solvable, red herrings that baa-ffle
Director
Kyle Balda
Hugh Jackman
George Hardy
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Lily (voice)
Emma Thompson
Lydia Harbottle
Nicholas Braun
Tim Derry
Chris O'Dowd
Mopple (voice)
Bryan Cranston
Sebastian (voice)
Nicholas Galitzine
Elliot Matthews
Molly Gordon
Rebecca Hampstead
Tosin Cole
Caleb Merrow
Hong Chau
Beth Pennock
Regina Hall
Cloud (voice)
Patrick Stewart
Sir Ritchfield (voice)
Conleth Hill
Ham Gilyard
Kobna Holdbrook-Smith
Reverend Hillcoate
Brett Goldstein
Reggie / Ronnie (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Hugh Jackman spent three weeks on a working farm learning to shear sheep; the crew has footage of him being outsmarted by actual livestock.
Based on Leonie Swann's 2005 German novel 'Glennkill,' which became a surprise literary phenomenon for making philosophical sheep genuinely moving.
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