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If you think of Hugh Jackman's filmography, a few stone-cold classics are likely to stand out for you. For me, it's his tortured turn in Les Misérables that landed him an Oscar nomination and his reprisal of Wolverine in arguably the best comic book movie ever made, Logan.

Well, it turns out they've got some competition as the actor now has a newly ranked top movie, according to his Rotten Tomatoes scores. The Sheep Detectives, a family-friendly mystery, is now his highest-rated film on the movie review aggregation website.

Based on 26 reviews, it's currently got a 96% score, overtaking Jackman's previous top movie, Bad Education (for those wondering, Logan is at number three with a very respectable 93%).

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The Sheep Detectives stars Jackman as an amiable farmer who reads mystery novels to his beloved sheep every night. When a brutal incident happens on the farm, the talking sheep decide to solve the crime themselves. Alongside Jackman, the movie has a pretty impressive voice cast, including Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Bryan Cranston, Patrick Stewart, Bella Ramsey, and Brett Goldstein.

Reviews have praised the new movie for its feel-good factor as well as unexpectedly moving voice acting. IGN writes that it's "the cutest, sweetest movie ever made about accepting death and confronting grief and trauma that’s probably ever been made."

Meanwhile, Peter Bradshaw gave it a solid three stars in the Guardian, comparing it to Watership Down. "It makes for a sweet-natured family comedy, and a spiky and amusing cameo from Emma Thompson certainly doesn’t hurt," he writes.

It doesn't sound too baa-d at all, right? The Sheep Detectives is out on May 2. In the meantime, there has been plenty of speculation that Jackman could return as sharp-knuckled mutant Wolverine in Avengers: Doomsday. Watch this space – and check out our upcoming Marvel movies and shows guide for all the latest on that.

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