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The Thing with Feathers
MEANRANK
57/100
Every rating
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 47, highest is Letterboxd on 66. Critics average 47, everyone else 59.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A reclusive ornithologist living in a secluded lighthouse is tasked with monitoring the migration of an endangered bird species. Her solitary routine is disrupted by the arrival of a wounded stranger who washes ashore after a storm. As she nurses him back to health, his presence forces her to break her self-imposed isolation. They form a fragile connection, but the mystery of his past and the reason for his being adrift at sea hangs over them.
Details
- Director
- Dylan Southern
- Writer
- Dylan Southern
- Based on
- a work by Max Porter
- Studio
- Film4 Productions, SunnyMarch, Lobo Films, Film i Väst
- Released
- 17 October 2025
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $6.0M
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