The Sheep Detectives

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.

Cast

Hugh Jackman

as George Hardy

Julia Louis-Dreyfus

as Lily (voice)

Emma Thompson

as Lydia Harbottle

Nicholas Braun

as Tim Derry

Chris O'Dowd

as Mopple (voice)

Bryan Cranston

as Sebastian (voice)

Nicholas Galitzine

as Elliot Matthews

Molly Gordon

as Rebecca Hampstead

Tosin Cole

as Caleb Merrow

Hong Chau

as Beth Pennock

Reviews

CinemaSerf

Hugh Jackman may take top billing here, but the real plaudits have to go to some animatronic sheep and to Nicholas Braun's hapless detective "Tim". He is completely out of his depth when a body is discovered in a field. He just assumes that "George" (Jackman) has had an heart attack - but the sheep,...

HaremCinema

Shepherd dies. It’s the result of murder most foul! Unpropitiously for the manslayer there is a most important factor that they have not accounted for. Unbeknownst to the assassin, the deceased herdsman had been training a crack team of detectives. (If, at this point, you can’t tell who those detect...

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