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The Christophers
Directed by
Steven Soderbergh
R
2026
1h 40m
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86%
5.7
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The children of a once famous artist hire a forger to complete some unfinished, long ago abandoned canvases so they'll have an inheritance when he dies.
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Cast of The Christophers
Michaela Coel
Lori Butler
Ian McKellen
Julian Sklar
Jessica Gunning
Sally Sklar
James Corden
Barnaby Sklar
Ferdy Roberts
Owen Appleton
Tilly Botsford
Esme
Lucy McCormick
Lori's Flatmate #1
Le Fil
Lori's Flatmate #2
Daniel Fearn
Locksmith
Dmitri Prokopiev
Food Truck Patron
Dallas Campbell
Art Fight Moderator
Stuart Cooke
Press (uncredited)
Steven Soderbergh
Director / Director Of Photography / Editor
Ed Solomon
Screenplay
Michael Schaefer
Executive Producer
Mike Larocca
Executive Producer
Jim Parks
Producer
Iain Canning
Producer
Corey Bayes
Executive Producer
Antonia Lowe
Production Design
The Christophers Ratings & Reviews
FilmWeek (LAist)
Tim Cogshell
This is a really wonderful film. Very funny, but also sort of moving.
Filmspotting
Adam Kempenaar
That's what makes [Coel] such a foil for McKellen's Julian here. She's so composed. She's so still... She studies Julian, not like a painter... but like a painting.
Chicago Reader
Taryn McFadden
Much like a pivotal painting of Lori's, the more time you squint at the existential musings tucked into The Christophers, the more there is to see.
Baltimore Magazine
Max Weiss
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.
The Atlantic
Julie Beck
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.
Boston Globe
Odie Henderson
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.
Detroit News
Adam Graham
Soderbergh, who continues to be our most prolific and unpredictable filmmaker, digs his fingers into this character study with typical curiosity and confidence.
Movie Mom
Nell Minow
The verbal parrying is pure delight, smart and sharp. It reflects a very deep understanding of the world of art, the people who create it and the complexities of maneuvering the world of critics, gallery owners, and wealthy collectors.
Rolling Stone
David Fear
Had The Christophers just been a cross-generational punch-up, the sort of flinty showdown designed to throw off pleasurable sparks, you'd still walk away content. It remains a conduit for two of the best performances you'll see all year.
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
The film feels very directed, the product of a single vision pushing things along. Yet at the same time, it feels relaxed, confident and open to sudden inspiration.
Austin Chronicle
Kimberley Jones
Go see this with somebody who likes to linger in the lobby afterward and chew over a movie. The Christophers delivers a full meal.
San Jose Mercury News
Randy Myers
It's a bristling portrait composed of small, strategic brushtrokes.
The Atlantic
David Sims
The Christophers doesn't waste an ounce of its limited resources; the director always knows exactly how to keep the viewer on the hook while allowing the story's emotions room to breathe.
NPR
Bob Mondello
A film that could have settled for being a masterclass in technique, but instead goes deeper, exploring questions of artistry, authorship, legacy.
AARP Movies for Grownups
Thelma Adams
Largely an entertainingly witty two-hander between McKellen and Coel, the film still delivers emotional payoff.
TIME Magazine
Stephanie Zacharek
The Christophers is a wily little movie. It's not trying to be about anything, which means it somehow ends up being about lots of things.
The Reveal
Scott Tobias
Hums with the tension of two crafty characters trying to outmaneuver each other but develops into a work of genuine emotional depth.
Wall Street Journal
Kyle Smith
Mr. McKellen delivers yet another marvelous late-career highlight. Intimidating and brilliant, his Julian Sklar is by turns amusingly viperish and not quite successful at concealing the softness of age.
The Travers Take
Peter Travers
An electrifying Ian McKellen hits a new career peak and takes an early shot at Oscar in Steven Soderbergh's unmissable tale of an artist and his forger, played by the brilliant Michaela Coel.
New York Magazine/Vulture
Alison Willmore
For all the undercurrents about fame, commodification, and reputation that flow through The Christophers, at its core is a more plaintive lament about what it feels like to love something that doesn't love you back.
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