One of Washington Post reviewer's most anticipated holiday movies suffers a quick death at the box office

 

Headline and screengrab:  Washington Post, 11/19/2025

Michael O'Sullivan reports:

Based on Isabel Greenberg’s acclaimed 2016 graphic novel — itself loosely inspired by the Arabic folktale “One Thousand and One Nights” — this queer feminist fantasia is set in a parallel universe of a medieval-style patriarchy. Monroe plays Cherry, a new bride whose husband (El-Masry) has made a wager with his friend Manfred (Galitzine) to test his wife’s fidelity. Corrin plays the title role of Cherry’s maid (and lover), who helps her mistress fend off Manfred by spinning Scheherazade-like stories. The Hollywood Reporter calls it “retro in interesting ways and visually luscious.”