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David Rooney for ”The Hollywood Reporter” notes that the film “marks a magnificent emergence from eight years of retirement for the great Daniel Day-Lewis.”<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rooney |first=David |date=2025-09-28 |title=‘Anemone’ Review: Daniel Day-Lewis Makes a Commanding Return to the Screen in a Drama That Seldom Approaches His Earth-Shaking Force |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/anemone-review-daniel-day-lewis-1236385949/ |access-date=2025-10-10 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref>

David Rooney for ”The Hollywood Reporter” notes that the film “marks a magnificent emergence from eight years of retirement for the great Daniel Day-Lewis.”<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rooney |first=David |date=2025-09-28 |title=‘Anemone’ Review: Daniel Day-Lewis Makes a Commanding Return to the Screen in a Drama That Seldom Approaches His Earth-Shaking Force |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/anemone-review-daniel-day-lewis-1236385949/ |access-date=2025-10-10 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref>

{{Rotten Tomatoes prose|54||101|Returning Daniel Day-Lewis to the screen with all his ferocious talent intact, ”Anemone” succeeds more as a showcase for its star’s evergreen magnetism and debut director Ronan Day-Lewis’ stylistic flair than as a cohesive drama.|ref=yes|access-date=October 8, 2025}} {{Metacritic film prose|54|33|ref=yes|access-date=October 7, 2025}}

{{Rotten Tomatoes prose|54||101|Returning Daniel Day-Lewis to the screen with all his ferocious talent intact, ”Anemone” succeeds more as a showcase for its star’s evergreen magnetism and debut director Ronan Day-Lewis’ stylistic flair than as a cohesive drama.|ref=yes|access-date=October 8, 2025}} {{Metacritic film prose||33|ref=yes|access-date=October 7, 2025}}

==See also==

==See also==

2025 film

Anemone is a 2025 psychological drama film directed by Ronan Day-Lewis, in his feature directorial debut, from a screenplay he co-wrote with his father, Daniel Day-Lewis, who also stars in the lead role. A co-production between the United Kingdom and the United States, it features Day-Lewis’s return to acting for the first time since Phantom Thread in 2017, alongside Sean Bean and Samantha Morton in supporting roles. It follows a troubled recluse whose estranged brother arrives to convince him to come home and reunite with his family.

The film had its world premiere at the 2025 New York Film Festival on September 28, followed by a limited theatrical release in the United States on October 3, by Focus Features, before expanding a week later on October 10, and will be released by Universal Pictures in the United Kingdom on November 7.

Anemone has received mixed reviews from critics, who criticized its screenplay, but praised the cinematography and performances, with many singling out the performance of Day-Lewis, welcoming his return to the industry.

Cast

Production

In September 2024, it was announced that Daniel Day-Lewis would be making his acting return after retirement in 2017 following the release of Phantom Thread. In addition to starring as Ray Stoker, Daniel co-wrote the script for Anemone with his son, Ronan Day-Lewis, who also directed the film. Samantha Morton, Samuel Bottomley, and Safia Oakley-Green also joined the cast, with Jane Petrie as costume designer and Chris Oddy as production designer.[5]

Principal photography began on October 1, 2024, in Manchester, England.[6] Later that month, while filming in Handbridge in Chester, production was disrupted after traffic wardens posted parking tickets on several of the 1980s prop vehicles that were parked on double-yellow lines. A spokesperson for Cheshire West and Chester Council explained that, while a request for parking technical support vehicles in restricted areas had been granted, this did not include the prop cars, and a separate request for a full road closure application during filming had been rejected as it was assessed as “being too disruptive” for residents.[7]

In September 2025, it was announced that Bobby Krlic would compose the film’s score.[8]

Release and reception

Anemone had its world premiere at the 2025 New York Film Festival.[9] It then was given a limited theatrical release in the United States on October 3, 2025, with a nationwide expansion on October 10,[10] before releasing in the United Kingdom on November 7, 2025.[11]

Critical response

The film and Lewis received generally good reviews for the film with critic Damon Wise noting that the film is “probably a tad too long.”[12]

David Rooney for The Hollywood Reporter notes that the film “marks a magnificent emergence from eight years of retirement for the great Daniel Day-Lewis.”[13]

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 54% of 101 critics’ reviews are positive. The website’s consensus reads: “Returning Daniel Day-Lewis to the screen with all his ferocious talent intact, Anemone succeeds more as a showcase for its star’s evergreen magnetism and debut director Ronan Day-Lewis’ stylistic flair than as a cohesive drama.”[14] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 55 out of 100, based on 33 critics, indicating “mixed or average” reviews.[15]

See also

References

  1. ^ “Anemone”. New York Film Festival. Retrieved September 30, 2025.
  2. ^ “Anemone (15)”. British Board of Film Classification. October 2, 2025. Retrieved October 2, 2025.
  3. ^ “Anemone – Financial Information”. The Numbers. Retrieved October 12, 2025.
  4. ^ “Anemone”. Box Office Mojo. Retrieved October 12, 2025.
  5. ^ Gajewski, Ryan (October 1, 2024). “Daniel Day-Lewis Sets Acting Return for ‘Anemone’ With Son Ronan Directing”. The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 1, 2024.
  6. ^ Reslen, Eileen (October 1, 2024). “Daniel Day-Lewis, 67, makes unexpected return to acting 7 years after retiring”. Page Six. Retrieved October 1, 2024.
  7. ^ Eichler, William (October 7, 2024). “Traffic wardens ticket prop cars on Daniel Day-Lewis film set”. localgov.co.uk. Retrieved November 14, 2024.
  8. ^ “Bobby Krlic Scoring Ronan Day-Lewis’ ‘Anemone’“. Film Music Reporter. Retrieved September 3, 2025.
  9. ^ Lewis, Hilary (August 12, 2025). “NY Film Festival Adds World Premieres of Ben Stiller’s Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara Doc, Daniel Day-Lewis’ Acting Return in Son Ronan Day-Lewis’ ‘Anemone’“. The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 14, 2025.
  10. ^ Grobar, Matt (May 13, 2025). “Focus Features Dates Daniel Day-Lewis’ Big Screen Return ‘Anemone’“. Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved May 13, 2025.
  11. ^ Horton, Adrian (September 29, 2025). “Anemone review – Daniel Day-Lewis returns for a bleak and painfully serious misfire”. The Guardian. Retrieved October 7, 2025.
  12. ^ Wise, Damon (September 28, 2025). “‘Anemone’ Review: Daniel Day-Lewis Returns In A Haunting Story Of A Man At War With His Past – New York Film Festival”. Deadline. Retrieved October 8, 2025.
  13. ^ Rooney, David (September 28, 2025). “‘Anemone’ Review: Daniel Day-Lewis Makes a Commanding Return to the Screen in a Drama That Seldom Approaches His Earth-Shaking Force”. The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 10, 2025.
  14. ^ “Anemone“. Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved October 8, 2025.
  15. ^ “Anemone“. Metacritic. Fandom, Inc. Retrieved October 7, 2025.

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