Movie Review: ‘Wicker’

The romantic fantasy film Wicker, directed by Alex Huston Fischer and Eleanor Wilson, adapts Ursula Wills’ 2008 short story The Wicker Husband. According to a review by Kurt Jensen for the Catholic Review, the film follows a Fisherwoman, played by Olivia Colman, in a remote village where residents are identified by their occupations.

In the film, wedding rituals involve specific traditions, including the use of collars for brides and an egg ritual performed by a Basket Weaver, played by Peter Dinklage, to select the next bride. To avoid the potential humiliation of the ritual, the Fisherwoman asks the Basket Weaver to construct a husband for her. The Basket Weaver creates a man, played by Alexander Skarsgard, who is brought to life with empathy and kindness. Jensen describes the film as a fable regarding loneliness and the fulfillment found in companionship.