Addicted to Sheep

2015

1 hr. 26 min.

Documentary

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83%

6 Reviews

Tomatometer

64%

Fewer than 50 Ratings

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A tenant farmer and his family spend their days tending to a flock of prized sheep while trying to create a perfect specimen.

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Wonderful film: fascinating and absorbing. A documentary about tenant farmers raising Swaledale sheep in the north Pennines doesn't sound very exciting, but it manages to be completely gripping all the way through, beautifully observed, clear-sighted, and often funny. One of the best and most enjoyable documentary films I've ever seen.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/30/23

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Magali Pettier

Director

Tom Hutchinson

Actor

Magali Pettier

Writer

Magali Pettier

Producer

Jan Cawood

Producer

Magali Pettier

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Mark Kermode

Observer (UK)

The whole family are terrific company and Magali captures both the beauty and the bleakness of the environment in which they live and work.

Rated: 4/5

Aug 30, 2015

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Sophie Monks Kaufman

Little White Lies

If you love staring at sheep for long periods of time, this may be your Citizen Kane.

Rated: 2/5

Aug 28, 2015

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Kate Muir

Times (UK)

Addicted to Sheep is the rather racy title of a charming documentary about a year in the life of a family on a hill farm in the north Pennines.

Rated: 3/5

Aug 27, 2015

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Alison Rowat

The Herald (Scotland)

There was a danger here that [director Magali] Pettier could have made a glossy film for townies in search of escapism, but she does not shy away from showing the downsides of the farming life.

Rated: 4/5

Aug 23, 2018

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Becky Kukla

Film Inquiry

Despite its roughness and lack of 'drama', Addicted to Sheep truly embodies the nature of the ob-doc.

Dec 7, 2016

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Synopsis

A tenant farmer and his family spend their days tending to a flock of prized sheep while trying to create a perfect specimen.

Director: Magali Pettier
Screenwriter: Magali Pettier
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English (United Kingdom)
Release Date (Streaming): May 17, 2017

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