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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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Nia DaCosta

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Tessa Thompson

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Imogen Poots

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Tom Bateman

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Nicholas Pinnock

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Nina Hoss

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Drew Gregory Autostraddle The film has all the discordance of a theatrical revival that stretches the edges of its famous text. DaCosta wisely leans into these imperfections. Sep 9, 2025 Full Review Richard Lawson Guardian It’s an impressive feat of technical film-making, which has now become a hallmark of DaCosta’s work. But she caves to baser impulses in reinterpreting an old and, some might say, crusty play. Rated: 2/5 Sep 8, 2025 Full Review Kate Erbland IndieWire Words like “bold” and “daring” and “wild” will be thrown around in regards to Nia DaCosta’s “Hedda,” one of the more original and thrilling adaptations of a classic work in recent memory. Rated: B+ Sep 8, 2025 Full Review Sophia Ciminello AwardsWatch In the ongoing tête-à-tête between Hedda and Eileen, [Tessa]Thompson and [Nina] Hoss display a magnetism and a chemistry that is so palpable, it’s difficult to envision the story in its standard form. Rated: B+ Sep 9, 2025 Full Review Jeanine T. Abraham VisAbleBlackwoman (Medium) Thompson eats up the screen in this role, making it seem as if she was born to play Hedda Gabler. She’s all at once stunning, elegant, and witty, yet is she a bully? Is she insecure? No? Yes? Perhaps it’s all of it because she is blinded by love. Rated: 5/5 Sep 9, 2025 Full Review Damon Wise Deadline Hollywood Daily Despite a certain staginess, and a tendency for the plot to suddenly stop to make way for the acting, Hedda is actually a genuine attempt to mine something new from the old text. Sep 9, 2025 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, Jeremy Kleiner, Dede Gardner, Tessa Thompson, Gabrielle Nadig
Screenwriter
Nia DaCosta
Distributor
Amazon MGM Studios
Production Co
Orion Pictures, Plan B Entertainment
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 22, 2025, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 29, 2025
Runtime
1h 47m