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A flock of sheep investigate a killing in The Sheep Detectives

Séamus Bellamy
Dec 19, 2025
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There is no reason a movie with a premise this goofy should look as good as it does, but here we are. The Sheep Detectives, based on Leonie Swann’s 2005 German novel Three Bags Full, follows a flock of sheep who investigate their shepherd’s murder. Hugh Jackman plays George Hardy, a wool farmer who reads murder mysteries aloud to his flock every night, …

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