| Country | |
| Runtime | 1 hr 38 min |
| Premiere: World | $609 223 August 31, 2025 |
| USA | $171 832 |
| Other countries | $437 391 |
| Premiere: USA | $171 832 November 28, 2025 |
| first day | $44 683 |
| first weekend | $110 204 |
| theaters | 400 |
| Production Companies | |
The project is from Film4, Lobo Films and Cumberbatch’s SunnyMarch. Producers on the project are Andrea Cornwell, Adam Ackland and Leah Clarke. It is an adaptation by Dylan Southern of the novel Grief Is the Thing with Feathers by Max Porter. The film received British Film Institute (BFI) Filmmaking Fund production support in 2024.
Principal photography began in early 2024.
I remember a film called "A Monster Calls," by Juan Antonio Bayona, coming out about ten years ago. In it, a boy copes with his mother’s death through escapism, and an imaginary monster acts as a kind of therapist. Traditionally, the film offered a plethora of banal thoughts, tear-jerking scenes, and an epic, symbolic ending. On the plus side, it was quite well-shot (the director was a visionary, after all, not a piece of crap!), which is what I remember about it.
So, here’s exactly the same thing happening, only with the caveat that the victim of the local bogeyman’s psychotherapy session isn’t a young man, but Cumberbatch, who’s lost his wife. In short, this thing will once again be remembered solely because it looks so cute.
Add a short review
280 characters