The launch for Netflix ‘s feature adaptation of Remarkably Bright Creatures has gone swimmingly.

Adapting author Shelby Van Pelt’s best-selling 2022 novel, director Olivia Newman ‘s film version stars Sally Field , Lewis Pullman , Joan Chen and the voice of Alfred Molina as octopus Marcellus. Remarkably Bright Creatures debuted on the streaming platform Friday and currently holds the No. 1 film spot on Netflix’s top 10 rankings.

The movie stars Field as a widow who bonds with a giant Pacific octopus while also connecting with a young man (Pullman) in need of direction.…