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Cumberbatch Stars in Grief-Fueled Film 'The Thing With Feathers'

11/27/2025

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The Thing With Feathers, directed by Dylan Southern and starring Benedict Cumberbatch, opens November 28.
It adapts Grief Is the Thing With Feathers and follows a widowed father and his sons.
Cumberbatch portrays a father grappling with parenting and loss.
Cumberbatch praised the adaptation as extraordinarily magical.
The film runs 1 hour 38 minutes and has an R rating for language and violence.

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Story summary

The Thing With Feathers, directed by Dylan Southern and starring Benedict Cumberbatch, opens November 28.
It adapts Grief Is the Thing With Feathers and follows a widowed father and his sons.
Cumberbatch portrays a father grappling with parenting and loss.
Cumberbatch praised the adaptation as extraordinarily magical.
The film runs 1 hour 38 minutes and has an R rating for language and violence.