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The Sheep Detectives
2026
· Movie
· 109 min
B
MEANRANK
76/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1167
- IMDb #1262
- Rotten Tomatoes #75
- Metacritic #1229
- Letterboxd #1173
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #385
+7 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #61
- Metacritic Critics #1274
- Metacritic Audience #1195
- Criticker #1408
- Douban #1153
- Kinopoisk #1241
- AlloCiné #1672
Every rating
53–96
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 53, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 96.
See the most agreed on films →George Hardy is a shepherd who reads detective novels to his beloved sheep every night, assuming they can't possibly understand. But when a mysterious incident disrupts life on the farm, the sheep realize they must become the detectives. As they follow the clues and investigate human suspects, they prove that even sheep can be brilliant crime-solvers.
Details
- Director
- Kyle Balda
- Writer
- Craig Mazin
- Based on
- Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann
- Released
- 30 April 2026
- Country
- United States, United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 109 min
- Rated
- PG
- Budget
- $75.0M
- Box office
- $131.6M
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Awards
1 win total
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