Remarkably Bright Creatures Trailer

I listened to the audiobook of Shelby Van Pelt’s novel earlier this year on my wife’s recommendation. She’d been telling me about it for a few weeks. I wasn’t sure a book narrated by a giant Pacific octopus sounded like anything I’d be interested in, but after hearing a snippet and diving in, I was totally wrong. It’s a story about grief, a mystery, and a quiet argument that paying attention to people is the best thing you can do for them.

The full trailer dropped this week, with Sally Field as Tova, the widow who works night shifts cleaning a small-town aquarium. Alfred Molina voices Marcellus, the octopus, and that casting alone tells you the filmmakers understood the book. Marcellus is the most perceptive character in the story. You need a voice that carries warmth and weight at the same time, and Molina has that. Lewis Pullman plays Cameron, the drifting young guy who shows up looking for family.

I’m looking forward to watching it on May 8.