Hedda

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Hedda

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Oct 2025

1h 47m

Drama

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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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Critics Consensus

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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Christy Lemire

FilmWeek (LAist)

Tessa Thompson is radiant and commanding.

Nov 10, 2025

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Craig Mathieson

The Age (Australia)

The machinations, like the camera’s movement, are elegant.

Rated: 4/5

Nov 7, 2025

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Soraya Nadia McDonald

Pop Culture Happy Hour (NPR Podcast)

I love seeing Nia and Tessa work together. Nia really seems to have an eye and an ear for places that Tessa can stretch.

Nov 5, 2025

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Eric Goldman

Eric Goldman's Cultured Pop (Substack)

Just like her character, Tessa Thompson becomes the center of every room she enters, giving a career best performance in her reunion with Nia DaCosta.

Nov 12, 2025

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Brian Bromberger

Bay Area Reporter

It’s wildly inventive but too clever for its own good. Yet the thrilling moments make it worthwhile even if the whole isn’t greater than the sum of its parts.

Nov 11, 2025

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Sammie Purcell

Rough Draft Atlanta

“Hedda” is a whirling dervish of power struggles, featuring a powerhouse performance from [Tessa] Thompson at the eye of the hurricane.

Nov 11, 2025

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Carmen D. T

If you’re having trouble falling asleep . . .

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

11/09/25

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Melly B

I would have liked this if the lead actress was likeable but she’s just not! Good actress but I didn’t care about her at all in fact I wanted her to just go! The actress who played the older female writer who hedda was in love with was fantastic. Also one of the characters playing Vedda’s friend was wearing literally modern trousers and a tank top made no sense as everyone else looked like they were set in like the 1920s or later maybe. Director was great and the dop was amazing It was a play and I liked how they shot it very much like a play but yh they needed a different hedda coz I just couldn’t care enough to want to watch her journey.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

11/07/25

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Georgia Homes B

Boring!!! Spoiled confused mean spirited woman acting entitled the entire time. Nothing to enjoy about this movie.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

11/07/25

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laura w

Actually, I will probably watch again with the sound turned off for the dialogue, but on for the great musicians/vocalist.....and sound effects. I thought the execution of the script was contrived and over stylized. Visually very beautiful and inspiring on all levels..... the ending was a disappointment. stupid....undefined and a annoying. the rest of the choices away from the original material were decent, but the ending really did not support those choices. But the visual beauty really a drug....actually, overpowering to everything else about the movie.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

11/06/25

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E B

What an excellent movie. Beautiful to look at, with great performances.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

11/05/25

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julie m

Tessa Thompson did an excellent job, how I hated her. I don't understand the need to change the ending. Luscious wardrobes and atmosphere.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

11/05/25

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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.

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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