Olivia Colman's "must-see" new movie is now available to watch in the UK

Wicker, the "must-see" new film starring Olivia Colman and Alexander Skarsgård, is now out in the UK. Considered to be one of the most unique works of the year, you won't want to miss this on the big screen!

Based on Ursula Wills's 2008 short story 'The Wicker Husband', the romantic fantasy follows a much-maligned fisherwoman (played by Colman) who stuns the local community by having a wicker-made husband (portrayed by Skarsgård).

Written and directed by the duo of Alex Huston Fischer and Eleanor Wilson, the film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival way back in January, and is now finally available to view in the UK after being released in cinemas today.

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Featuring Peter Dinklage and Richard E Grant in supporting roles, Wicker has been acclaimed by critics since its premiere. Rotten Tomatoes reports a near-perfect rating of 95% from 152 reviews at the time of writing.

In Digital Spy's four-star review of the film, we called it a "must-see" and "one of the weirdest" works in Colman's career, adding: "[It is a] tale in which the textural simplicity of a fable, or a bedtime story, becomes startling in its dramatic complexity."

"The stretches of the movie that lean into the romance and sensuality of its premise are genuinely charming. When it gets distracted by lesser narrative matters, the heat dissipates," opined Vulture, while LAist called it "exquisite".

"Bouncing all the way to a truly perfect ending, Wicker is funny and freaky and sweetly romantic. It is also relentless in its conviction that the most destabilising force in a society is a woman who dares to ask for what she wants," noted The New York Times.

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Speaking exclusively to Digital Spy ahead of the film's release, Marli Siu recalled an "out of body" experience while filming with Skarsgård, with the actor sharing that her co-star would often sit in prosthetics while wearing a dressing gown.

"I was already like, 'I can't believe I'm in a film with Olivia Colman and Alexander Skarsgård', but he's also in a dressing gown, so amazing and weird," added the star, who plays Elizabeth Debicki's on-screen sister.

Wicker is out now in UK cinemas.

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Reporter, Digital Spy George is a freelance writer who specialises in Movies and TV. After graduating with a degree in Film Studies and Journalism from De Montfort University, in which he analysed the early works of Richard Linklater for his dissertation, he wrote for several websites for GRV Media.  His film tastes vary from blockbusters like Mission: Impossible and John Wick to international directors such as Paolo Sorrentino and Hirokazu Kore-eda, and has attended both the London and Berlin film festivals.