The film stars Cate Blanchett, Charles Dance, Roy Dupuis, Denis Ménochet, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Rolando Ravello, Takehiro Hira, Zlatko Burić, and Alicia Vikander.

World leaders meet at the G7 but get lost in the woods whilst trying to compose a joint statement on an unspecified global crisis.

Beset by thick fog and menaced by undead bog bodies and a giant brain, they navigate the tortured passions among them.

The site consensus states "A brainy satire that has a ball turning the supposed adults in the room into helpless children, Rumours spins a one-joke premise into a sophisticated riot.

"[10] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 70 out of 100, based on 27 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.