The Christophers

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Desperate for an inheritance, two siblings conspire to forge their father's unfinished paintings so they become valuable after his death.

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A sly caper carried off with director Steven Soderbergh's characteristic panache, The Christophers is a superb two-hander featuring Ian McKellen and Michaela Coel at their very best.

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Max Weiss

Baltimore Magazine

8h

3/4

I had a blast with The Christophers. In the end, it’s a script worthy of McKellen’s gifts—which, in turn, makes it a gift to us all.

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Julie Beck

The Atlantic

2d

Amid all the think pieces about pickleball and phone calls goodnight, Scrubs presents a different vision of the cure to male loneliness -- no quick fix, no one correct path, just two friends choosing each other over and over again.

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Odie Henderson

Boston Globe

2d

3.5/4

In a six-decade career spanning Shakespeare, Stephen King, Marvel, and Gandalf, this may be the best work of McKellen’s career. No slouch herself, Coel meets his every acting challenge and issues one of her own.

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Vincent Mancini

The #Content Report (Substack)

10h

B+

Steven Soderbergh basically remade Finding Forrester with Ian McKellen and Michaela Coel and it's great.

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Stephen Silver

Splice Today

15h

Offers a glorious acting showcase for Ian McKellan, the 86-year-old actor, giving his best performance in years.

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Ray Pride

Newcity

19h

10/10

They are both nimble painters, but their concerns and conceits about the nature of art align as well, running in dialogue from the glib to the deep with musical pleasure.

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najee r

14h

it’s an enjoyable feel good film.

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Lily B

1d

Excellent acting and moving storyline. Unexpected. Gem of a movie.

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Marcus

1d

one of the best times at the movies I've had this year. great acting, great directing and script

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Michelle C

1d

Thoroughly enjoyable performance from the two main actors. McKellen still shows such energy and presence despite great age, while Michaela Coel impresses as an authentically deadpan millennial. The evil daughter and son are rather two dimensional in contrast.

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First L

2d

Great dialogue beautifully done

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Merry

2d

These two actors played well off each other and the artist obsession with the art form was very well articulated.

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Steven Soderbergh

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Ian McKellen

Julian Sklar

Michaela Coel

Lori Butler

James Corden

Barnaby Sklar

Jessica Gunning

Sallie Milton Sklar

Daniel Fearn

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Synopsis

Desperate for an inheritance, two siblings conspire to forge their father's unfinished paintings so they become valuable after his death.

Director: Steven Soderbergh
Producer: Iain Canning, Jim Parks
Screenwriter: Ed Solomon
Distributor: NEON
Production Co: Department M, Butler & Sklar Productions
Rating: R (Language)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 10, 2026, Limited
Runtime: 1h 40m
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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