Remarkably Bright Creatures

2026 · Olivia Newman · Drama (based on Shelby Van Pelt's novel)

Caution. Age: 18+. A Catholic review of this movie for parents.

Our review

A gentle, well-acted story about grief giving way to love. Tova lets people back in, Cameron learns he is worth something, and old friends refuse to give up on a bitter widow. The reservation is real. Plugged In counts about 35 misuses of God's name, nine s-words and an f-word, and a sympathetic character says he hid being gay from his father. God never enters the healing.

For parents

For adults. Lumen sets Adults because a sympathetic character's gay identity is alluded to, and the film is full of profanity, with God's name taken in vain about 35 times. Ask: what helped Tova stop shutting people out? Where is God in a grief that lasts 30 years?

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