Remarkably Bright Creatures

 

Remarkably Bright Creatures 2026

• Director: Olivia Newman
• Cast: Sally Field, Lewis Pullman, Colm Meaney, Kathy Baker, Alfred Molina’s voice
• Why? The book
• Seen: 20 May 2026      

       Sally Fields is Tova, a night cleaner in an aquarium. Marcellus (Molina) is an octopus, a very intelligent octopus who is dying and longs to return to the sea.

       They become friends.

       Sally Fields is very good, as is Marcellus, but there’s far too much about the humans and not nearly enough about the octopus. Just like the book. 

3* of 5