The Thing with Feathers

Name: The Thing with Feathers
Genre: Drama
Released: November 28, 2025
Duration: 98 min
Rating: 48

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Briarcliff Entertainment | Release Date: November 28, 2025 | Not Rated

Summary: Struggling to process the sudden and unexpected death of his wife, a young father loses his hold on reality as a seemingly malign presence begins to stalk him from the shadowy recesses of the apartment he shares with his two young sons.

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 98 min

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Fionnuala Halligan

Jan 31, 2025

There’s much that is brilliant here, although the loss of nuance in translation from page to screen reduces a potent brew of emotions to more literally-depicted stages and consequences of pure, overwhelming, overwrought grief. Read full review

Looper Audrey Fox

Jan 31, 2025

If at times a little belabored. With an all-in performance from Benedict Cumberbatch and a unique visual style, "The Thing With Feathers" is an inescapably compelling drama — even if its concept is perhaps a bit more interesting than its execution. Read full review

Empire Jamie Graham

Nov 21, 2025

Dylan Southern’s film lacks the complexity of Max Porter’s book. But there are strong scenes, and Cumberbatch delivers a performance to crow about. Read full review

David Rooney

Jan 31, 2025

Despite its shadowy visuals and insidious soundscape, it’s neither frightening enough to play like full-fledged horror, nor complex or curious enough to pack much weight as psychological drama. Read full review

The Guardian Peter Bradshaw

Nov 20, 2025

Quite simply: when the crow is off the screen, the drama starts to be involving and affecting. Once the crow is there, the film looks self-conscious. Read full review

Siddhant Adlakha

Feb 5, 2025

Benedict Cumberbatch gives it his all in The Thing with Feathers, but the horror movie lives up to neither his performance, nor its own heavy-handed metaphor of a bullying crow-creature representing grief. Read full review

Johnny Oleksinski

Jan 27, 2025

Exploring pain in novel ways in film is a good thing. Next time, though, pick a different novel. Read full review

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