Wicker Blends Sex, Satire and a Misogyny Critique — SkimNews
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- Wicker follows Olivia Colman’s Fisherwoman as she asks Peter Dinklage’s Basket Weaver to make a husband, receiving Alexander Skarsgård in a intricately crafted wicker form.
- Black Bear picked up Wicker after its Sundance hit and lists an Oct. 23, 2026 release date, an R rating and a 1-hour-45-minute runtime.
- Alex Huston and co-director Eleanor Wilson use the simple premise to examine village marriages, men who take wives for granted, women’s unspoken misery, pervasive misogyny and the secrets men and women keep.
- Olivia Colman plays the ostracized, lonely Fisherwoman with sharp retorts and a determination to change her life, delivering what the review calls a three-dimensional performance.
- Elizabeth Debicki plays the Tailor’s Wife, whose jealousy leads her to try to convince the Fisherwoman that Wicker Husband is unfaithful.
- Alexander Skarsgård underplays Wicker Husband as more human than the village men born rather than woven, while Weta Workshop’s effects make the wicker construction come to life.
Why it matters: Black Bear lists an Oct. 23, 2026 release for the 1-hour-45-minute film it picked up at Sundance, turning its acquisition into a dated distribution plan. The premise also brings the village’s female frustration and pervasive misogyny into view, giving the comedy a sharper social focus than its erotic packaging suggests.
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