The trailer to The Sheep Detectives basically sold this movie to me back when it first dropped. I didn't expect it to, but it was actually really charming and looked like a good time.
The movie itself ends up being much more rounded and deeper than I was expecting it to be. I thought it was mostly going to be a big broad comedy, and there are parts of that, but it's also thoughtful and emotive.
The cast, both live action and voice acting are mostly strong. I will say that Hugh Jackman who plays the shepherd has kind of fallen a little our of favour with me of late, for no real reason beyond perhaps movie choices I have no interest in. But his role, though not extensive is good.
I did think that the character of the police officer, played by Nicholas Braun was a little cringy at the beginning, but once they get past the "police man doesn't know how to police" thing, he gets significantly better.
I think the weakest element might be Molly Gordon. She just kind of... exists in the scenes that she's in.
There are a few loose threads in the story that don't really get properly picked up or resolved properly, I assume they're leftover elements from the original book this is based on where they spent more time. And I have to say that the "gotcha" clue at the end that reveals the killer is so legitimately wrong and ridiculous and absolutely does do the thing the movie says that it did. It's literally impossible. Which is kind of annoying that nobody picked up on that at any point during the adaptation and went "this is just impossible". But it's not enough to ruin the movie for me. But enough for a raised eyebrow in the general direction of the director, screenwriter and the original author.
Overall it's quite good and got me a bit emotional by the end.
yani's rating: 4 nighttime books out of 5
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