Sketch

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Sketch

PG

2025

1h 32m

Comedy

Adventure

Fantasy

Kids & Family

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When a young girl's sketchbook falls into a strange pond, her drawings come to life--unpredictable, chaotic, and dangerously real. As the town unravels, she and her brother must track down the creatures before they leave permanent damage. Their father, racing to find them through the fallout, must navigate a town in crisis to reunite his family and stop the disaster they never meant to unleash.

Critics Consensus

Sketch is an imaginative directorial debut that fuses dazzling visual creativity with heartfelt emotion to craft a vibrant celebration of art's transformative power and its role in healing grief.

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Mark Kermode

Kermode and Mayo's Take (YouTube)

Oct 28

It's not just playing to a young audience.

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Cath Clarke

Guardian

Oct 21

4/5

This is a family film with an IQ higher than the average.

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Ben Kenigsberg

New York Times

Aug 7

While the children are permitted a measure of psychology, the older characters, especially Amber and Jack’s mopey, klutzy father (overplayed by Tony Hale), are treated as earnest mouthpieces for the story’s morals.

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Terry Staunton

Radio Times

Mar 23

4/5

Hale, best known for comic TV roles in Arrested Development and Veep, proves himself to be a gentle and subtle dramatic actor, especially in one-on-one scenes with the impressively gifted Belle.

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Liam Maguren

Flicks (AU, NZ, UK)

Jan 8

Without suited execs and random focus groups sanding off the rugged edges central to its themes, Sketch feels uncompromised in its vision and genuine in its intent.

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James Croot

The Post NZ

Jan 1

Yes, there’s a certain Goosebumpy-ness to being terrorised by your own chalk and crayon creations, but there’s a heart and soul to Sketch that means it is has far more to offers its younger viewers than just crowdpleasing frights, pratfalls and pee gags.

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N

Sep 1

Innovative story line. This movie was interesting, and quite entertaining. A story you'll really get caught up in.

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Michael

Aug 25

Fun show and granddaughters liked it

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lucy

Aug 25

fantastic movie, beautiful themes, great acting. must see

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Derek G

Aug 24

Definitely great for kids to young teenagers. I would have loved this movie if it was released in the early 2000’s. Maybe not the best for teens to adults but I would still say it’s worth a watch for how original and well done the movie it.

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Maribel

Aug 24

It was a better movie than I expected. I liked that it shows children that they could cope with grief in different ways.

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Jared

Aug 23

Great movie! Well acted and easy to follow with deep emotional undertones but also funny and light at times. My kids loved the creatures and drawings and were engaged the whole time! Two thumbs up!

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Seth Worley

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Tony Hale

Taylor Wyatt

D'Arcy Carden

Liz Wyatt

Bianca Belle

Amber Wyatt

Kue Lawrence

Jack Wyatt

Kalon Cox

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Synopsis

When a young girl's sketchbook falls into a strange pond, her drawings come to life--unpredictable, chaotic, and dangerously real. As the town unravels, she and her brother must track down the creatures before they leave permanent damage. Their father, racing to find them through the fallout, must navigate a town in crisis to reunite his family and stop the disaster they never meant to unleash.

Director: Seth Worley
Producer: Daryl C. Lefever, Katelyn Botsch, Steve Taylor, Tony Hale, Dusty Brown
Screenwriter: Seth Worley
Distributor: Angel Studios
Production Co: Wonder Project
Rating: PG (Rude Humor|Language|Scary Action|Some Violence|Thematic Elements)
Genre: Comedy, Adventure, Fantasy, Kids & Family
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 6, 2025, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 26, 2025
Runtime: 1h 32m