Hedda

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Hedda

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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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Daniella Mazzio

Chicago Reader

Nov 18

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.

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Christy Lemire

FilmWeek (LAist)

Nov 10

Tessa Thompson is radiant and commanding.

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Craig Mathieson

The Age (Australia)

Nov 7

4/5

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

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JD Duran

InSession Film

5d

B+

Tessa Thompson's Hedda Gabler is the best movie villain since Kate Beckinsale's Lady Susan in Love & Friendship.

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James Croot

The Post NZ

Jan 2

A bold retelling, from its opening quote by Greek playwright Antiphanes to its searing final image, Hedda is a triumphant showcase for both Thompson and DaCosta.

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Jennie Kermode

Eye for Film

Dec 29

5/5

DaCosta has managed to create something which feels acutely contemporary and fresh.

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Oct 25

needed more context! i wanted more! i needed more queer-coded moments.

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Wayne M

3d

Hedda is a complex and interesting film. It is stately and worldly, but I think it also feels a little too self-contained at times. This film is an adaptation of the classic Ibsen play Hedda Gabler. This film is set in England in the 1950s with some different gender roles. Hedda is married to George, and they live on a luxurious English estate. But George, an academic, is debt ridden and Hedda seeks more opportunity for him. At a lavish party we see Hedda cross paths with Eileen, a former lover, who is competing with George for the same professorship. So, over a day the situation grows stickier and more complex. The film is delightful in its conversations, and the interplay is lovely, but it also at times felt a little too stuffy and contrived. The cast is great though, with Tessa Thompson shining as Hedda. Nina Hoss and Imogen Poots are also great. A fine and considered film that doesn't quite soar.

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nilufer e

@Nilicim Dec 31

The lead performances were genuinely impressive, but the film relied too heavily on theatrical, overly dramatic dialogues while offering very little in terms of actual events. Despite the strong acting, I found myself getting bored at times.

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Dallas H

@FozzieMcFly Dec 30

Nia DaCosta and Tessa Thompson make a good working duo; this will be their second film together. Overall, I liked it. However, I do want to watch a performance of the Henrik Ibsen play, which it is adapted from, for comparison's sake.

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Veronica S

@BionicVero Dec 28

Blah blah blah! It felt like the movie never took off!

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Fong Kok Hoong F

Dec 28

This adaptation of 1891 play HEDDA GABLER by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen about the subterfuges of the eponymous protagonist one fateful night leading to the destruction of her former lover and her own is heavy and tedious with over-theatrical Shaksperian acting and dialogue.

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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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