‘The Sheep Detectives’ Rotten Tomatoes Reviews Laud Family Comedy

BusinessHollywood & Entertainment‘The Sheep Detectives’ Rotten Tomatoes Reviews Laud Family ComedyByTim Lammers,Contributor.Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover Hollywood and entertainment.Follow AuthorMay 07, 2026, 01:46pm EDT--:-- / --:--This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more."The Sheep Detectives" key art.Amazon MGM StudiosHugh Jackman has a big winner on his hands with the new family comedy The Sheep Detectives, according to Rotten Tomatoes critics.A live-action and CGI animated hybrid, The Sheep Detectives plays in Thursday previews before opening in theaters nationwide on Friday. The film stars Jackman as George, a shepherd who has the unusual habit of reading whodunit murder mysteries to his sheep every night, unaware they are actually listening. As such, when George turns up dead one morning under mysterious circumstances, his flock is determined to investigate and solve the crime.Forbes‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’: Here’s Why Amari Actress Looks So FamiliarBy Tim LammersDirected by Kyle Balda, The Sheep Detectives also stars Nicholas Braun, Nicholas Galitzine, Molly Gordon, Tosin Cole and Hong Chau, as well as the voices of Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Bryan Cranston, Chris O’Dowd, Regina Hall, Patrick Stewart, Bella Ramsey, Brett Goldstein, Rhys Darby and Emma Thompson.As of Thursday, The Sheep Detectives has earned a 97% “fresh” critics’ score on Rotten Tomatoes’ Tomatometer based on 68 reviews. RT’s Critics Consensus, Audience Summary and Popcornmeter score are still pending.MORE FOR YOUWhat Are Individual Critics Saying About ‘The Sheep Detectives’?Guy Lodge of Variety is among the top critics on RT who gives The Sheep Detectives a “fresh” score. Lodge writes in his RT review summary, “There’s wisdom amid the silliness, as the story gently makes a case for the necessity of grief, mindfulness and mortal awareness ... That’s more than you might e...