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Jacob Grier
Jacob Grier

@Jake · May 20

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On sheep, detective novels, and a case for reading the book rather that watching the movie.

What “The Sheep Detectives” Doesn’t Understand About Sheep

What “The Sheep Detectives” Doesn’t Understand About Sheep

“The Sheep Detectives,” starring Hugh Jackman and Emma Thompson, is based on a near-perfect “sheep crime novel”—but the adaptation shows disappointingly little interest in the animal mind.

newyorker.com

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