'The Sheep Detectives': Hugh Jackman, Regina Hall star in family-friendly mystery film

What “The Sheep Detectives” Doesn’t Understand About Sheep

The new film, starring Hugh Jackman and Emma Thompson, is based on a near-perfect “sheep crime novel”—but the adaptation shows disappointingly little interest in the animal mind.

'The Sheep Detectives' Review: Weird, Funny & Surprisingly Emotional

Amazon MGM StudiosI did not go into The Sheep Detectives expecting to cry. But you know what? That’s the thing about Craig Mazin’s gloriously unhinged premise — a pastoral murder mystery narrated by anthropomorphic sheep — that makes it so disarming. And charming. Between the British humor and genuinely funny ensemble performances, the emotional sincerity of the film just sort of sneaks up on you.And don’t even get me started on little Winter La…

‘The Sheep Detectives’ Review: Digital Barnyard Animals Solve a Murder in a Cozy Mystery for the Whole Flock

There’s currently one solid film out in theaters that uses barnyard animals as a vehicle to explore the dangers of groupthink and anti-intellectualism, and that film is not the one adapted from George Orwell’s “Animal Farm.” It’s “The Sheep Detectives,” a cute, funny, and earnest mystery that plays like a kiddie version of an Agatha Christie novel, offering audiences who might be too young for the religious trauma and “eat the rich” satire of yo…

Is 'The Sheep Detectives' movie OK for kids? What parents need to know

"The Sheep Detectives" is a "Knives Out"-style murder mystery with talking animals. Here's what you should know before bringing young kids to see it.

Mystery in the meadow

The Sheep Detectives delivers humor and heart, but its treatment of truth, intuition, and religion may leave parents with questions. WORLD reviewer Joseph Holmes says the film’s moral framework sometimes favors instinct over evidence and sidesteps a meaningful account of faith.

'The Sheep Detectives': Hugh Jackman, Regina Hall star in family-friendly mystery film

"The Sheep Detectives," a new family-friendly mystery film with Hugh Jackman hitting theaters Mother's Day weekend, puts an unusual group on the case.