Phoebe Waller-Bridge has worked on some unusual projects since Fleabag, the comedy-drama that made her name and broke many a heart. Octopus!, a two-part documentary on Amazon Prime Video about (you guessed it) octopuses, may just be the oddest one yet.
That exclamation mark is an omen of the whimsy to come – this is an eccentric portrait of one of the most unusual animals to have ever lived. Rather than taking a strictly scientific approach, it is a look at octopuses through the eyes of people who adore them. They have many fans, myself included – who knew I was in a club with comedian Tracy Morgan, who credits the cephalopods for their “vulnerability”?
There are many octopuses featured here that I instantly fell in love with, from femme fatale Samantha, who kills her mate during an erotic encounter, to Inky, who broke out of a New Zealand aquarium and made it to the ocean. This is a fitting tribute to our tentacled friends.
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