Anemone, the 2025 film starring Sean Bean and a returning Daniel Day-Lewis has landed a new streaming home in the UK. The Yorkshire-based drama is available to stream now on Sky Cinema/NOW (with Cinema membership).
The film was Day-Lewis’ first starring role in eight years and he teamed up with son Ronan Day-Lewis to write the script. Ronan also helms the film in his feature-length directorial debut.
Anemone explores the complex relationships between brothers as well as fathers and sons, with Day-Lewis portraying Ray Stoker, a reclusive army veteran. Meanwhile, Bean plays Ray’s brother Jem, who goes to visit him in the hope of convincing him to reconnect with his family.
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Who’s in Anemone?
Alongside Day-Lewis and Bean, Anemone also stars Oscar nominee, Samantha Morton who will soon be seen in Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey. Samuel Bottomley (Everybody’s Talking About Jamie) and Safia Grace Oakley-Green also star.
What did the critics say about Anemone?
Anemone received mixed reviews from critics and currently holds a 52% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 146 reviews.
Empire called the film “a powerful story about father and sons, told by a father and son”, adding: “At once a showcase for a monumental talent, and the arrival of an exciting new one.”
Meanwhile Time Out said it was “an acting masterclass”, adding: “We should be grateful that it’s lured Daniel Day-Lewis back into acting after eight years in the metaphorical woods.”
Writing about the father-son collaboration between Daniel Day-Lewis and Ronan, Rolling Stone wrote: “Forget, for a second, that this signals what may either be an extraordinary one-off for the legendary actor or the beginning of a fertile new chapter. Look it more as the product of two artists, generations apart, who have found a common patch of ground and grown something amazing out of it.”
However, The Observer was less impressed, calling Anemone an “undisciplined, incoherent slog that is overloaded with empty symbolism and showy thesping.”
Where can I watch Anemone?
Anemone is available to stream now on now on Sky Cinema/NOW (with Cinema membership).
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Other Sean Bean movies you can stream now
If you can’t get enough of Sean Bean, on Netflix you can stream 2001’s Don’t Say A Word. Starring the Game of Thrones star alongside Michael Douglas and Brittany Murphy, the film follows a psychiatrist whose daughter is kidnapped in order to force him to get closer to a woman in a sanatorium who is suffering from PTSD.
Netflix has also just added 2012 thriller Clearskin, which is currently number 2 in the UK streaming chart. It sees Bean play a Secret Service agent who is tasked with tracking down members of a London-based terrorist group.
Meanwhile on Disney+, you can stream Ridley Scott’s The Martian which stars Bean alongside Matt Damon and Jessica Chastain. It sees Damon as an astronaut left stranded on Mars who struggles to survive on the alien planet.
Anemone is available to stream now on now on Sky Cinema/NOW (with Cinema membership)
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