I, Object
2026 family fantasy | 92 minutes | Now streaming
A grieving 10-year-old finds friendship in the objects around him
Tom's father is dead. The people in his life—his mother, his teachers, the well-meaning relatives—they're all trying. But they don't speak his language. So Tom stops looking to them for comfort and starts listening instead to the things nobody else hears: a pop can lid. A suitcase. The ordinary clutter of domestic life. These objects have faces. They have things to say. And they're exactly what this grieving kid needs to hear.
That's the entire emotional engine of I, Object, a 2026 release from Scythia Films, Good Question Media, and Southern Light Films. It's a film about childhood interiority that uses fantasy as a genuine tool—not a box-office delivery mechanism—to make something untouchable suddenly speakable.
Why the film works: Fantasy as permission to grieve
What strikes me most is how carefully the screenplay refuses to treat Tom's talking objects as comic relief. A suitcase that dispenses wisdom could be played for laughs. The film knows better. Tom isn't looking for jokes. He's looking for permission to feel what he feels.
The way the movie handles this—through a child's eye-level perspective that makes ordinary household items look monumental and strange—does most of the work without dialogue. There's an early moment involving that suitcase where the fantasy kicks in for the first time. Genuinely surprising. And it earns every beat that follows.
The child performance carries real weight here (a notoriously difficult calibration—too much emotion tips into manipulation, too little and the stakes vanish). The screenplay threads that needle carefully. What's happening on screen feels lived-in rather than performed.
Production details: A coalition built for quiet storytelling
Scythia Films has a track record of backing character-driven Canadian productions that don't chase franchises. Good Question Media specializes in family storytelling that doesn't talk down to kids. Southern Light Films rounds out a producing team that clearly had a specific tonal vision from the start.
The 92-minute runtime is exactly right. Stories like this one—grief narratives, especially—can lose their emotional charge if they overstay their welcome. There's something to be said for a production that trusts its audience enough to say what needs saying and then let the credits roll.
Hard to say whether the filmmakers had a theatrical run planned before the OTT release window, but the production values suggest a project designed to land somewhere meaningful. As of now, the IMDb rating reflects very early release status—the kind of number that'll shift considerably once general audiences find it.
Where to watch I, Object right now
I, Object is available on major OTT streaming platforms. The specific services carrying it shift with licensing windows and regional availability, so the most reliable way to check where it's streaming in your area is Movie OTT's where-to-watch tracker, which updates automatically. You don't need to manually check each service—that's the whole point.
If you're already subscribed to any of the major streamers, there's a reasonable chance it's already waiting in your library.
Is it appropriate for your family?
I, Object carries a Family genre tag, but here's the thing: it deals with childhood grief and loss. That's handled thoughtfully rather than traumatically, but it's not a film for very young kids. Parents of children under 8 probably want to watch first—or alongside them. The emotional subject matter is real, and the film treats it seriously.
For kids in the 8-to-12 range, this hits different. It validates the strange comfort of finding solace in unexpected places.
Who should actually watch this
If you've got kids old enough to sit with genuine emotion, I, Object deserves your watchlist. But don't assume it's kid-only. Adults who've sat with grief—who've found comfort in strange, quiet places—will recognize something true in Tom's story.
Think of it as the anti-superhero family film. It's not a fairy-tale adaptation. Not a holiday special. It's something rarer: a film about paying attention to the world around you when the people in it feel unreachable. Specific. A little magical. The kind of watch that sticks with you.
Movie OTT's editorial team has been tracking the family-fantasy space closely, and I, Object occupies a specific gap—it's not chasing IP, not adapting an existing property. It's an original story that takes its young audience seriously.
