Remarkably Bright Creatures

Matt Roush says...

Two-time Oscar winner and three-time Emmy winner Sally Field could easily add another nomination to her illustrious credits in director/co-writer Olivia Newman’s heartwarming adaptation of Shelby Van Pelt’s popular novel. Field stars as Tova, a widow who finds new purpose when she begins working at an aquarium in the Pacific Northwest and forms a special connection with a giant Pacific octopus named Marcellus, whose thoughts we hear courtesy of Alfred Molina‘s mellifluous voice. An unusually perceptive creature of the sea, Marcellus takes a special interest in Tova and her budding friendship with a drifter, Cameron (Lewis Pullman), who’s arrived in town seeking family connections. From its watery perch, Marcellus will do what it can to help them both find happiness.

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