Sean Bean & Daniel Day-Lewis' Gritty New R-Rated Movie Releases On Netflix In March After Ending Huge 7-Year Streak
Anemone will be blooming on streaming soon. 2025's Anemone, which now has an official Netflix debut date, saw three-time Oscar winning actor Daniel Day-Lewis coming out of retirement after a seven-year absence from the big screen. Daniel Day-Lewis co-wrote the screenplay with his son Ronan Day-Lewis, who also directed. The gritty R-rated drama followed the conflict between two estranged brothers (Day-Lewis and Sean Bean) who reunite in an isolated English cabin. Per Vogue's article breaking down what's coming to Netflix in March, Anemone is set to debut on the platform on March 28. That date will mark six full months since the movie premiered at the 63rd New York Film Festival on November 28, 2025.
This streaming release could ultimately turn around Anemone's prospects. Although the movie received a certain amount of notoriety for being the first Daniel Day-Lewis movie since 2017's Phantom Thread, it was a disappointment by a number of metrics. This includes the box office, where it only earned $1.48 million worldwide against its reported budget of $14 million. While Anemone only played in 879 domestic theaters total, which partially accounts for this low number, its debut per-screen average of $788 was the 301st worst of all time, landing below the debut averages of disappointments including Free Willy 3: The Rescue ($789), Ella McCay ($808), and Boy Kills World ($844). Anemone reviews were also disappointing. The movie earned a 53% score from critics on Rotten Tomatoes, giving Day-Lewis his third-ever splat on the review aggregator platform. According to the critics' consensus, the movie "succeeds more as a showcase for its star's evergreen magnetism and debut director Ronan Day-Lewis' stylistic flair than as a cohesive drama." In addition to having Daniel Day-Lewis' third-worst Tomatometer score of all time (behind The Ballad of Jack and Rose and Nine), Anemone has his fourth-worst Popcornmeter score (behind Eversmile New Jersey, Stars and Bars, and Nine), as user reviews have earned it a similarly disappointing 59%.
However, the Netflix debut of Anemone will allow it to reach a much broader audience than it ever reached during its short and relatively limited theatrical release. While it remains to be seen if its Popcornmeter score improves, its current score indicates that more than half of viewers gave it positive scores. If that proportion holds true, Anemone could slowly build word of mouth during its run on the platform, in addition to getting the natural viewership boost that comes from being a new title on Netflix.
Release Date
October 10, 2025
Runtime
125 minutes
Director
Bobby Ciasulli
Writers
Daniel Day-Lewis, Ronan Day-Lewis
Producers
Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner
Daniel Day-Lewis
Ray Stoker
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