‘The Thing with Feathers’ Review: Bold Examination of Grief Frustrates

‘The Thing with Feathers’ review: Bold examination of grief frustrates

In 2024, Benedict Cumberbatch starred in “Eric,” a middling limited series from Netflix in which he portrayed a puppeteer who began having a running dialogue with an imaginary puppet dreamed up by his child. Now, the highly regarded British actor…

‘The Thing With Feathers’ review: Bold examination of grief frustrates

In 2024, Benedict Cumberbatch starred in “Eric,” a middling limited series from Netflix in which he portrayed a puppeteer who began having a running dialogue with an imaginary puppet dreamed up by his child. ‘Eric’ review: Cumberbatch stars in limited drama series that packs in too much

Benedict Cumberbatch struggles to cope in ‘The Thing With Feathers’

Intense and unabashedly provocative, Friday’s “The Thing with Feathers,” a very theatrical English drama, demands that Benedict Cumberbatch aim for the stars to play a recent grieving widower. The title refers to black crows. There’s the life-size bird that menacingly smashes into a rain-soaked window and a 6-foot version that appears indoors to taunt this graphic artist as he works. For Cumberbatch, 49, “Thing” was a deep dive into nearly unhin…

The Thing With Feathers Director's Fears Melted After Meeting Benedict Cumberbatch

(Photo Credit: Briarcliff) Documentary filmmaker Dylan Southern transitions from docs to narrative features with The Things With Feathers. Southern told ComingSoon all about the transition, how star Benedict Cumberbatch eased his concerns, and the film‘s depiction of grief. It is out in theaters on November 28. “Left to raise two young sons after the unexpected death of his wife, Dad’s life begins to unravel. Grief is messy and chaotic enough as…