The Wolfman is here!

The Wolfman has arrived! In theatres now!

Critical reactions have been mixed. There have been very few who have outright disliked the film - most simply expressing disappointment at missed potential. Almost all are willing to concede that it is, at least, a passionate attempt at a traditional horror tale.


Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun Times: "What you might like to know is that The Wolfman has been made with care by Joe Johnston, and is well-photographed by Shelly Johnson and designed by Rick Hendrichs. The music by Danny Elfman creeps around the edges. Del Toro makes Lawrence sad, worried, fearful, doomed."

Mark Savlov, Austin Chronicle: "There's plenty of doom, gloom, and outright despair on hand here but very little genuine human emotion. Ultimately that's what both separates us from and binds us to the beast within. Beware the moon, lads, and stick to the road."

Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: "Lawrence, you see, has no desire to be a werewolf. He doesn't get off on the power of the dark side; he just wants to be free of it. And that lends The Wolfman, hokey and uneven though it is, the kind of authentic emotional hook that too many horror movies today don't have."

A.O. Scott, The New York Times: "... The Wolfman spins in agnostic limbo, neither fantastical enough to be thrilling nor realistic enough to be genuinely disturbing. The aural and visual trappings of horror are there — in Danny Elfman’s throbbing, stabbing score and in a sound design replete with growls, howls, creaks and shrieks — but the dread never quite takes hold."

Ty Burr, The Boston Globe: "The Wolfman knows the old horror classics had pure pulp running through their veins, and it honors those cheap thrills with gusto. This isn’t a great movie - it’s just a good dog."


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