# “Wicker” and What Straight Women Want

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1 outlet covering · First listed: The New Yorker, Nov 7, 2026, 5:00 AM · Read it: <https://www.newyorker.com/culture/critics-notebook/wicker-and-what-straight-women-want>

The monster-romance movie, starring Olivia Colman and Alexander Skarsgård, is a Chaucerian romp, and, at times, it is even sexy. But one wishes the film were braver—that it had more to say about the grotesque and its power to drive attraction.

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- Nov 7, 2026, 5:00 AM: [“Wicker” and What Straight Women Want](<https://www.newyorker.com/culture/critics-notebook/wicker-and-what-straight-women-want>) — The New Yorker (Magazine, United States)
  The monster-romance movie, starring Olivia Colman and Alexander Skarsgård, is a Chaucerian romp, and, at times, it is even sexy. But one wishes the film were braver—that it had more to say about the grotesque and its power to drive attraction.
