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Hedda

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From writer/director Nia DaCosta comes a provocative, modern reimagining of Henrik Ibsen's classic play. HEDDA (Tessa Thompson) finds herself torn between the lingering ache of a past love and the quiet suffocation of her present life. Over the course of one charged night, long-repressed desires and hidden tensions erupt--pulling her and everyone around her into a spiral of manipulation, passion, and betrayal.
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Reveling in Tessa Thompson's commanding turn as Hedda, Nia DaCosta's smoldering update on Henrik Ibsen's seminal play locates a bracingly contemporary pulse within a classic text.

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Daniella Mazzio Chicago Reader Let’s get this out of the way: Hedda is a good time. Without sacrificing depth, DaCosta really revels in the salacious mess of people manipulating one another over the course of a lavish party. Nov 18, 2025 Full Review Christy Lemire FilmWeek (LAist) Tessa Thompson is radiant and commanding. Nov 10, 2025 Full Review Craig Mathieson The Age (Australia) The machinations, like the camera’s movement, are elegant. Rated: 4/5 Nov 7, 2025 Full Review Margot Harrison Seven Days (VT) DaCosta has adapted the source material with care, weaving in new characters and updated concerns while keeping the dialogue sharp and period-appropriate. Rated: 4.5/5 Dec 2, 2025 Full Review Joe Lipsett Anatomy of a Scream Podcast Network Starring a dazzling Tessa Thompson and a commanding Nina Hoss, this 1950-set all-in-one-night film race & queer swaps characters to breathe new life into the material. Proof that we should leave DaCosta alone so she can make art Rated: 4/5 Dec 1, 2025 Full Review Diane Carson AWFJ.org Writer/director Nia DaCosta undertakes the daunting challenge of radically reimagining Henri Ibsen’s iconic play of Hedda Gabler’s restrictive, resented life in 19th century Norway altering the power dynamics through racial and sexual transformations. Nov 29, 2025 Full Review Read all reviews

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Katherine needed more context! i wanted more! i needed more queer-coded moments. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 11/26/25 Full Review M L good acting... sooooooo boring story !! Rated 3 out of 5 stars 11/30/25 Full Review Alexis W. This had potential to be brilliant but in the end was very disappointing. I don’t see how it attained any good reviews. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 11/26/25 Full Review Dean N Awful film. Boring. How did they get this made? Thompson is pretty but not a leading actress i want to watch Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 11/23/25 Full Review Warren G. Seemed all artifice. No Character types displayed. No exploration of depth of character Rated 2 out of 5 stars 11/22/25 Full Review Jonathan P. M A sumptuous, genre-defiant adaptation that blends Ibsen’s text with Nia Dacosta’s maximalist flair, ‘Hedda’ is a masterclass in controlled chaos — and Tessa Thompson is its magnetic center. This adaptation doesn’t just update a classic; it detonates it with elegance. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 11/21/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis From writer/director Nia DaCosta comes a provocative, modern reimagining of Henrik Ibsen's classic play. HEDDA (Tessa Thompson) finds herself torn between the lingering ache of a past love and the quiet suffocation of her present life. Over the course of one charged night, long-repressed desires and hidden tensions erupt--pulling her and everyone around her into a spiral of manipulation, passion, and betrayal.
Director
Nia DaCosta
Producer
Nia DaCosta, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Gabrielle Nadig, Tessa Thompson
Screenwriter
Nia DaCosta
Distributor
Amazon MGM Studios
Production Co
Orion Pictures, Plan B Entertainment
Rating
R (Language|Drug Use|Brief Nudity|Sexual Content)
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 22, 2025, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 29, 2025
Box Office (Gross USA)
$6.7K
Runtime
1h 47m
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