Anemone is now out there on video-on-demand. Although Daniel Day-Lewis retired from appearing in 2017 after Paul Thomas Anderson’s Phantom Thread, the three-time Oscar winner (My Left Foot, There Will Be Blood, Lincoln) not too long ago returned within the new film Anemone, directed by his son Ronan Day-Lewis. It was launched in restricted theaters on October 3 earlier than increasing every week in a while October 10.
Now, Anemone is already out there on VOD, together with on Prime Video and different main platforms, to hire for $19.99 and purchase for $24.99. The movie is from Focus Options, a subsidiary of Common, that means it ought to finally be out there for streaming on Peacock.
Directed by Ronan Day-Lewis in his characteristic debut, who co-wrote the script together with his father Daniel Day-Lewis, Anemone follows a person who embarks on a journey into the woods in Northern England to reunite together with his reclusive brother, a hermit with whom he shares a sophisticated previous formed by life-altering occasions from many years earlier.
Along with Daniel Day-Lewis within the lead function, the forged additionally consists of Sean Bean (Lord of the Rings, Sport of Thrones), two-time Oscar nominee Samantha Morton (Candy and Lowdown, In America), Samuel Bottomley, and Safia Oakley-Inexperienced.
Premiered on the New York Movie Pageant in September 2025, Anemone obtained blended critiques from critics, leading to a 56% Rotten Tomatoes rating. Although critics praised the movie for bringing Daniel Day-Lewis again to the massive display together with his signature depth totally intact, Anemone works higher as a show of its star’s enduring charisma and debut director Ronan Day-Lewis’s visible aptitude than as a completely unified drama.
Regardless of a lot hype about Daniel Day-Lewis’ return to appearing after eight years, Anemone additionally didn’t convey audiences out to theaters, making solely about $1 million on the field workplace. Nonetheless, it does take pleasure in a barely higher 60% viewers rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Now, solely 18 days after it was first launched in theaters, Anemone has arrived on VOD.
From the beginning, Anemone was a tricky promote with out sturdy crucial help, and people glowing critiques by no means materialized. Nonetheless, there is a small silver lining within the failure – if Anemone reignites Day-Lewis’s ardour for appearing, then maybe the flop was value it.
- Launch Date
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October 10, 2025
- Runtime
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97 minutes
- Director
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Ronan Day-Lewis
- Writers
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Daniel Day-Lewis, Ronan Day-Lewis
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Daniel Day-Lewis
Ray Stoker
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