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Drama, Mystery  •  2026  •  114 min  •  Teen (13+)

Remarkably Bright Creatures (2026)

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Remarkably Bright Creatures (2026)

Rating & Dimensions

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Not Rated
Political: Center
Diversity: Not Rated
LGBTQ: Neutral
Family Values: Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
7.3

Overview

Mystery drama adapted from Shelby Van Pelt's 2022 novel. Directed by Olivia Newman, it stars Sally Field as Tova Sullivan, a widow working nights at a small-town aquarium, who forms bonds with a clever octopus voiced by Alfred Molina and a young drifter, Lewis Pullman.

Starring Cast

Sally Field  •   Lewis Pullman  •   Colm Meaney

Where to watch

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Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Not Rated

Primary

Political: Center
Confidence: Medium

The film's core subject of personal grief, loneliness, and healing through family connections and relationships carries no inherent political valence and receives a neutral treatment focused on individual stories rather than systemic or ideological critiques. The narrative's emphasis on private emotional resolution and discovered personal ties serves as the decisive factor anchoring a centrist rating.

Diversity: Not Rated

Web searches returned no usable results on the film's cast, characters, or narrative approach, making it impossible to assess representation or thematic elements.

Secondary

LGBTQ: Neutral
Confidence: Medium

A minor supporting character is revealed as gay in a brief backstory explanation tied to past family pressures; the element is incidental to the main story of grief, connection, and healing, presented factually without emphasis, stereotypes, or narrative judgment.

Family Values: Leans Traditional
Confidence: Medium

The film's core narrative centers on a widow's grief over her lost husband and son, a young man's search for his biological father, and their eventual discovery and embrace of a multigenerational biological family bond (grandmother-grandson), portrayed as healing and restorative in a heartwarming, conventional small-town setting.

Trans: N/A
Confidence: Low

The film centers on an elderly widow bonding with an octopus and a young drifter at an aquarium in a story of grief, friendship, and healing with no transgender characters or themes depicted.

Female Combat: N/R

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

Gender Swap: No
Confidence: Low

All major characters retain their canonical genders from the source novel: Tova (female widow), Cameron (male drifter), and Marcellus (male octopus). No mismatches between book canon and screen portrayals.

Race Swap: No
Confidence: Low

No characters in the source novel have a canonically established race that differs from their on-screen portrayals by the cast.

Hinduism: N/A
Confidence: Low

Not depicted in the film.

Viewer Rating Breakdown

7.3

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

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7.8
The Movie Database logo
8.6

Critic Ratings

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N/A
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5.5

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