THE SHEEP DETECTIVES

Name: THE SHEEP DETECTIVES
Item: THE SHEEP DETECTIVES
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"The Good Shepherd"

Family Content: +1 Moderately questionable elements. (Discernment required for young children.)

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THE SHEEP DETECTIVES stars Hugh Jackman as George, an English shepherd in the small village of Denbrook. George loves his sheep and raises them only for their wool. Every day, he feeds them their medicine and every night he reads to them a murder mystery. George pretends they can understand him, and they listen to him attentively. Not only can they understand George, they also argue for hours whodunnit. When George is found dead, the sheep realize at once it was murder. They decide must solve the crime themselves. Especially since the local cop seems rather stupid and clueless.

THE SHEEP DETECTIVES is a wonderful, delightful, family-friendly movie. It tells a beautiful story with surprising twists and lots of funny, heartwarming and heartbreaking moments. The movie is full of whimsy, laughs and tears. Best of all, THE SHEEP DETECTIVES has many moments pointing, in one way or another, to Jesus. THE SHEEP DETECTIVES has some light violence, but one scene with two scary dogs attacking two sheep and a ram is too scary for young children. So, MOVIEGUIDE® advises caution for younger children.

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Dominant Worldview and Other Worldview Content/Elements:

Very strong Christian, moral worldview and allegory pointing to Jesus, our divine shepherd (in one scene, the sheep discuss the human concept of God and the atonement of Jesus Christ from a sheep’s perspective that’s whimsical but poetic), and promoting justice, family and a policeman who starts off rather bumbling and clueless but soon learns his way with the help of some intelligent sheep

Foul Language:

No foul language

Violence:

A scary scene with vicious dogs fighting a ram is shown, a fight occurs between two people, two rams enjoy butting objects, a person or two are knocked down by rams, a ram accidentally runs into a window and is stunned during a comical moment, things are knocked over, and a person is poisoned and is shown stumbling around before dying

Sex:

No sex

Nudity:

No nudity

Alcohol Use:

Light alcohol use

Smoking and/or Drug Use and Abuse:

Smoking content and/or level of drug use or abuse; and,

Miscellaneous Immorality:

People lie and keep secrets.

More Detail:

THE SHEEP DETECTIVES stars Hugh Jackman as an English shepherd who loves his sheep and only raises them for their wool; but, when the shepherd is found murdered under mysterious circumstances, the sheep decide they must solve the crime themselves because the local cop is rather green and seems rather stupid. THE SHEEP DETECTIVES is a wonderful, delightful movie, full of whimsy, laughs and tears, with many heartwarming, inspiring scenes pointing, in one way or another, to the divine shepherd, Jesus Christ.

Hugh Jackman plays George Hardy, an English shepherd in the small village of Denbrook. George loves his sheep and only raises them for their wool. Every day, he feeds them a special blue medicine concoction and every night he reads to them a murder mystery. George pretends they can understand him, and they all listen to him attentively. However, he never suspects that, not only can they understand him, they also argue for hours about whodunnit. The smartest sheep, Lily, who’s also George’s favorite sheep, always figures out whodunnit, but she has an innocent view of the way the world truly works.

When George is found dead under mysterious circumstances, the sheep realize at once that it was murder. Led by Lily, the sheep decide they will have to solve the crime themselves. Especially since the local cop, Tim Derry, seems rather stupid and clueless, and has never solved a serious crime.

At the reading of George’s will, the sheep find out who the prime suspects are. They also uncover some important secrets about their shepherd and his past. The human world isn’t as simple as it appears in books.

THE SHEEP DETECTIVES is a wonderful, delightful, family-friendly movie, an instant classic! It tells a beautiful story with surprising twists and lots of funny, heartwarming and heartbreaking moments. The movie is full of whimsy, laughs and tears. Best of all, THE SHEEP DETECTIVES has many moments pointing, in one way or another, to our divine shepherd Jesus Christ.

However, the movie’s murdered hero is a vegetarian who compares the local butcher to a murderer. The Bible tells us not to argue about diets.

Also, THE SHEEP DETECTIVES has some light violence, but one scene with some scary dogs attacking two sheep and a ram is too scary for young children. So, MOVIEGUIDE® advises caution for younger children.