Pet Shop Days

Pet Shop Days^[1] (formerly titled Pet Shop Boys) is a 2023 British crime thriller film^[2] directed by Olmo Schnabel, written by Jack Irv, Schnabel, and Galen Core, and starring Darío Yazbek Bernal, Irv, Willem Dafoe, and Peter Sarsgaard.^[3] It premiered at the 80th Venice International Film Festival on September 3, 2023.^[4][5] Utopia released the film in the United States on March 15, 2025.^[6]

Pet Shop Days
U.S theatrical release poster
Directed by	Olmo Schnabel
Written by	Jack Irv Olmo Schnabel Galen Core
Produced by	Francesco Melzi d'Eril Gabriele Moratti Olmo Schnabel Galen Core Marie Savare de Laitre Alex Coco
Starring	Darío Yazbek Bernal Jack Irv Willem Dafoe Peter Sarsgaard
Production companies	MeMo Films Storyteller Productions TWIN
Distributed by	Utopia
Release dates	September 3, 2023 (2023-09-03) (Venice) March 15, 2025 (2025-03-15) (United States)
Running time	100 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Plot

After fleeing his well-to-do family in Mexico, Alejandro arrives in New York and meets a young man named Jack, eventually seducing him and drawing him into his criminal life.

Cast

• Darío Yazbek Bernal as Alejandro
• Jack Irv as Jack
• Tal Chatterjee as Sammie^[7]
• Willem Dafoe as Francis
• Peter Sarsgaard
• Grace Brennan
• Emmanuelle Seigner as Diana
• Jordi Mollà as Castro
• Louis Cancelmi as Walker
• Camille Rowe as Andy
• Maribel Verdú as Karla
• Angela Sarafyan
• Gerry Bednob

Reception

The film has a 23% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on thirteen reviews.^[8]