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REMARKABLY BRIGHT CREATURES MOVIE REVIEW
Frank, Neil, and T.C. swim to the shallow end of the One Of Us wading pool to discuss a sad woman who works at a facility with an intensely intelligent and sensitive sea creature who wants to escape into the world. The two form an intense bond. Is it… love? Hold on, these two don’t kiss. That’s a different movie. And no one wants to see an octopus and a near octogenarian have sex. Except maybe Guillermo del Toro. No, this is Remarkably Bright Creatures. It’s about Tova (Sally Field), a lonely aquarium custodian still carrying the grief of losing her son decades earlier. Her quiet routine begins to change when she forms an unlikely bond with Marcellus (Alfred Molina), a remarkably intelligent giant Pacific octopus who seems to understand more about the people around him than anyone realizes. As Tova’s life slowly intertwines with Cameron (Lewis Pullman), a young man searching for purpose and connection, Marcellus’ observations guide much of the story’s heart and humor. Soon, the tides turn and bend light drama, emotional healing, and just a touch of magical realism.
DIRECTED BY: Olivia Newman
STARRING: Sally Field, Meghan Heffern, Lewis Pullman, Kingston Goodjohn, Joan Chen, Kathy Baker, Beth Grant, Sofia Black-D’Elia, Laura Harris, Colm Meaney, Alfred Molina, Donald Sales, Mapuana Makia, Miles Marthaller, Brandon McEwan, Anthony Harrison, Dan Payne, Shauna Johannesen, Chris William Martin, Michael Delleva, Noah Craig, Duncan Fraser, Andres Joseph, Katie Findlay, Sasha Craig, Michael Adamthwaite
YOUR REVIEWERS
T.C. De Witt (Screener Squad)
T.C. De Witt is a multi-awarded writer/director originally from Wisconsin and now based in Los Angeles. His life has been devoted to the arts since he was a child. He’s been a stage performer, playwright, stand-up comic, film and television actor, radio DJ, podcaster published author, recorded musician, and comic writer/illustrator. He is now a professional screenwriter and has been thriving for the past decade, regularly offering his talents to production studios in LA, Chicago, Milwaukee, and internationally in Sydney and Poland. He’s provided content for Amazon Prime, Netflix, and several YouTube partners. His films have screened internationally, and his stageplays have been performed across the country. In the last ten years, he has directed 57 films, 23 episodes of his series The One Minute Rewatch, 300+ episodes of podcasts, and his multi-award-winning short film Screen: Righter screened at the Festival de Cannes in 2016. He has released two feature films, The Princess Knight and A Christmas Sunset. He thrives on collaboration and the thrill of sharing stories in all forms.
Neil Anderson (Screener Squad)
I first got hooked on movies when I saw Star Wars at a drive-in theater as a kid. Growing up in a small, rural town meant not having access to a lot of movies. In college, that all changed. I couldn’t get enough. I love it all — flicks, films, movies, and cinema. I still have that wide-eyed wonder of that kid watching movies from the back of a pick-up truck at the drive-in.
Frank Calvillo (Highly Suspect Reviews, Screener Squad, What Ever Happened to Bette & Joan?, Hollywood Royalty)
Born and raised in South Texas, Frank currently lives in Austin and has been in love with movies ever since his father showed him some Three Stooges shorts when he was five years old. Today he loves all kinds of film, regardless of era, country, budget or genre. He believes every film has an audience and is at least one person’s favorite movie. After writing for Sight & Sound and Slackerwood, he now writes for Cinapse where his increasingly random taste in all flavors of cinema (from Rashomon to Mars Attacks!) continues to thrive. His ultimate goal is to write a script for his boyhood crush, Michelle Pfeiffer.
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