Rams

Rams is an official, authorized remake of 2015's Icelandic Hrútar; the screenplay is credited jointly to Jules Duncan and to Grímur Hákonarson, the original film's writer director, indicating his direct involvement and rights clearance. Director Jeremy Sims's version, starring Sam Neill and Michael Caton, relocates the story of estranged sheep farming brothers to remote Western Australia. The film premiered at the CinefestOZ Film Festival on August 27, 2020, and grossed roughly 4.38 million dollars at the Australian box office, reaching number one domestically. Who it's for: anyone curious about an Icelandic festival favorite officially remade in Western Australia with the original director's direct involvement. Who it's not for: viewers wanting the original's austere, distant tone exactly replicated, since the remake leans warmer and more overtly comic.