The Christophers

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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.

Critics Consensus

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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Julie Beck

The Atlantic

16h

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

18h

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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Adam Graham

Detroit News

4d

A-

Soderbergh, who continues to be our most prolific and unpredictable filmmaker, digs his fingers into this character study with typical curiosity and confidence.

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Matt Goldberg

Commentary Track (Ghost.io)

20h

4/5

What at first seems like a simple protégé-mentor relationship or a shifty heist thriller gives way to a richer tale of stagnation, rebirth, and reevaluation.

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Angelo Muredda

Film Freak Central

1d

3/4

It’s a puckish, intellectually rigorous two-hander about art, criticism, and influence that goes down as easily as his pop hits but lingers in the rearview like his deeper dramatic experiments.

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Sherin Nicole

RIOTUS

1d

At its core, The Christophers is a film about atonement and redemption, friendship and inspiration, and what it means to pour your soul onto a canvas and let the world decide whether or not it matters.

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Marcus

2h

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

5h

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

8h

Great dialogue beautifully done

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Merry

11h

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

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Tcextra

21h

This was a tour de force for Ian McKellen. He delivered his lines with believability. Really great chemistry with his costar Michaela Coel.

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Juan A

1d

The story takes some unexpected and interesting twists and turns. The dialogue is well-written. The acting is excellent. Its time very well spent at the movies !!

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Steven Soderbergh

Director

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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