[FILM REVIEW] THE SHEEP DETECTIVES Review (2026)

May 21, 2026 Dave

Summary: Every night a shepherd reads aloud a murder mystery, pretending his sheep can understand. When he is found dead, the sheep realize at once that it was a murder and think they know everything about how to go about solving it.

Year: 2026

Cinema Release Dates: 7th May 2026 (Australia), 14th May 2026 (Thailand), 8th May 2026 (UK), 8th May 2026 (USA)

VOD Release Dates: TBA (Australia), TBA (Thailand), TBA (UK), TBA (USA)

Country: Ireland, UK, USA

Director: Kyle Balda

Screenwriter: Craig Mazin

Cast: Ishi Agrawal (Pickles (voice)), Jasper Ambrose (Oliver (voice)), Tommy Birchall (The Winter Lamb (voice)), Nicholas Braun (Officer Tim Derry), Hong Chau (Beth Pennock), Tosin Cole (Caleb Merrow), Bryan Cranston (Sebastian (voice)), Rhys Darby (Wool-Eyes (voice)), Mandeep Dhillon (Postwoman Jo), Sarah Flind (Tonia the Tow Truck Driver), Nicholas Galitzine (Elliot Matthews), Raj Ghatak (Cornelius Stopford), Brett Goldstein (Ronnie/Reggie (voice)), Molly Gordon (Rebecca Hampstead), Regina Hall (Cloud (voice)), George Harris (Charlie Roberts), Conleth Hill (Ham Gilyard), Joshua Hill (Bertie Hollingshead), Kobina Holdbrook-Smith (Reverend Hillcoate), Hugh Jackman (George Hardy), Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Lily (voice)), Chris O’Dowd (Mopple (voice)), Bella Ramsey (Zora (voice)), Aroop Shergill (Daisy (voice)), Patrick Stewart (Sir Ritchfield (voice)), Stella Stocker (Dorothea), Emma Thompson (Lydia Harbottle), Michael Wildman (Frank the Country Police Officer), Ben Youcef (Joseph)

Running Time: 109 mins

Classification: M (Australia), TBC (Thailand), TBC (UK), TBC (USA)