Hedda (2025)
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- Synopsis:
- Hedda is a remake of Henrik Ibsen's play Hedda Gabler, in which Tessa Thompson takes on the role of the title character. She feels trapped in a marriage to a man she doesn't love, in a house she doesn't want, and in the memories of a lover she still can't forget. But then said lover reappears.
- Actors:
- Tessa Thompson, Nina Hoss, Imogen Poots, Nicholas Pinnock, Tom Bateman, Finbar Lynch, Mirren Mack, Jamael Westman, Saffron Hocking, Jack Barry, Kathryn Hunter, Michelle Crane, Sam Hoare, Stacey Gough, Mark Oosterveen, Sonya Orlov, Nicholas Bishop, Milly Paris, Jack Sherlock, Kirk Bowett
- Directors:
- Nia DaCosta
- Producers:
- Nia DaCosta, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Gabrielle Nadig, Tessa Thompson
- Writers:
- Henrik Ibsen, Nia DaCosta
- Genres:
- Drama, Romance
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Reviews (1) of Hedda
Smoke, Silk and Self-Destruction - Hedda review by griggs
Henrik Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler gets a slick and surprisingly tense makeover in Nia DaCosta’s Hedda — her warm-up before 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple. It’s set in a lush, smoky 1950s world where everything looks beautiful and feels quietly suffocating. The whole thing unfolds over one long night, giving it a slow-burn, pressure-cooker vibe that really works.
Tessa Thompson is fantastic — poised, unpredictable, and just on the edge of coming undone. DaCosta switches up one major character’s gender, adding a bisexual thread that makes Hedda’s motives messier and more human.
A few of DaCosta’s choices go a bit overboard, but the film’s too striking to dismiss. Stylish, moody, and full of bite, Hedda shows you can bring Ibsen into the modern age without losing his edge — and that ending leaves just enough room to argue about what it all means.