octopus

If you have been living under a coral reef for a while…this is the movie about the Octopus book everyone has been reading since Shelby Van Pelt’s debut novel hit the best seller list in 2022. Remarkably Bright Creatures is ultimately a heartwarming story, but takes us through change, grief, abandonment and growth before we get all the feels. Writer/director Olivia Newman’s screenplay adaption takes the best parts of the novel making it a multilayered therapy session disguised as a Sweet n Low streamer.

Sally Field, Lewis Pullman and a rust-colored giant Pacific octopus team up for Remarkably Bright Creatures, a tedious tale of loss, loneliness and love. Set in the quaint, picturesque, seaside town of Sowell Bay in the state of Washington, it revolves around Tova (Field), a widowed cleaning lady at the local aquarium, and a stranded rock musician, Cameron (Pullman), who are befriended by perceptive Marcellus (voiced by Alfred Molina), a captive cephalopod.