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The Wolfman (2010)

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Average Rating: 4.8/10
Reviews Counted: 205
Fresh: 69 | Rotten: 136

Suitably grand and special effects-laden, The Wolfman suffers from a suspense-deficient script and a surprising lack of genuine chills.

39

Average Rating: 5.1/10
Critic Reviews: 31
Fresh: 12 | Rotten: 19

Suitably grand and special effects-laden, The Wolfman suffers from a suspense-deficient script and a surprising lack of genuine chills.

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Average Rating: 2.9/5
User Ratings: 215,515

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Movie Info

Universal Studios resurrects the classic lycanthrope with this tale of a man who experiences an unsettling transformation after he returns to his ancestral home in Victorian-era Great Britain and gets attacked by a rampaging werewolf. When Ben Talbot (Simon Merrells) vanishes into thin air, his brother Lawrence (Benicio Del Toro) returns to his family estate to investigate. Upon reuniting with his estranged father, Sir John Talbot (Anthony Hopkins), however, he discovers a destiny far darker

R, 1 hr. 43 min.

Mystery & Suspense, Horror

Andrew Kevin Walker, David Self

Jun 1, 2010

$61.9M

Universal Pictures

Cast

All Critics (205) | Top Critics (31) | Fresh (70) | Rotten (138) | DVD (7)

Actors fulminate and masticate, spit, scowl and sob; what a gas it is to watch them overact with joy and conviction.

February 12, 2010 Full Review Source: Houston Chronicle | Comment
Houston Chronicle
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An ill-considered, utterly unnecessary remake.

February 12, 2010 Full Review Source: Globe and Mail | Comment
Globe and Mail
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The Wolfman, hokey and uneven though it is, [has] the kind of authentic emotional hook that too many horror movies today don't have.

February 12, 2010 Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly | Comment
Entertainment Weekly
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Benicio Del Toro pulls off a nifty trick in The Wolfman: He makes turning into a werewolf look as dull as doing your taxes.

February 12, 2010 Full Review Source: Detroit News | Comment (1)
Detroit News
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Anthony Hopkins portrays Sir John Talbot. Benicio Del Toro is prodigal son Lawrence. That's a great deal of acting sinew for an oddly anemic outing.

February 12, 2010 Full Review Source: Denver Post | Comment
Denver Post
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Consider The Wolfman a pedigreed genre yarn, mindful of its precedents but nimble enough to have a good time in the here and now.

February 12, 2010 Full Review Source: Dallas Morning News | Comment
Dallas Morning News
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It truly is a modern spin on a classic, in almost all of the worst ways.

February 10, 2012 Full Review Source: Cinematical | Comment
Cinematical

Given its troubled path to the big screen, The Wolfman (2010) is far better than it has any right to be.

November 5, 2011 Full Review Source: Star-Democrat (Easton, MD) | Comment
Star-Democrat (Easton, MD)

I was dumbly entertained in spite of (or maybe because of) all that.

April 4, 2011 Full Review Source: Movies.com | Comment
Movies.com

What's missing in this Wolfman is something timeless: the human cost that gives tragic meaning to the metamorphosis and potential cure.

March 9, 2011 Full Review Source: Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema | Comment
Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema

Joe Johnston turns a classic monster into an anaemic bore.

December 31, 2010 Full Review Source: sbs.com.au | Comments (2)
sbs.com.au

The only thing scary about Joe Johnston's The Wolfman is that it exists. The fact that people, nay professionals, spent several years working on this picture genuinely upsets me.

October 21, 2010 Full Review Source: Quickflix | Comment
Quickflix

I enjoyed it as a companion piece to the superior original...

October 19, 2010 Full Review Source: Cinema Crazed | Comment
Cinema Crazed

A slick update of the monster movie classic, The Wolfman features strong imagery and performances, yet is lacking in animal instinct.

July 17, 2010 Full Review Source: Matt's Movie Reviews | Comment
Matt's Movie Reviews

While The Wolfman often veers towards the realm of camp, no irony is to be found herein.

July 5, 2010 Full Review Source: Projection Booth | Comment (1)
Projection Booth

In the end, The Wolfman reminded me of a couple of people I have dated - achingly beautiful but emotionally barren, and just a tiny little bit scary.

July 4, 2010 Comment
Screenwize

Flounders in its stabs at epic action-horror grandeur.

June 28, 2010 Full Review Source: Lessons of Darkness | Comment
Lessons of Darkness

Joe Johnston's monster movie remake is a confused mongrel of a film %u2013 half restrained gothic horror, half Hellraiser.

June 4, 2010 Full Review Source: SFX Magazine | Comment
SFX Magazine

It can't be a coincidence that all of the characters constantly talk about obligation. And Emily Blunt has the most telling line, "This place is impossible to escape." This was no doubt a professional edict for those on the set.

June 1, 2010 Full Review Source: Examiner.com | Comment (1)
Examiner.com

Bite worse than bark bulletproof beasts without benefit of steroids, species profiling, paw to paw beatdown staged like a World Wrestling Federation bout with fur, and the manimal who came to dinner.

June 1, 2010 Full Review Source: NewsBlaze | Comment
NewsBlaze

A glossy, good-looking production that never fully delivers on its promise of resurrecting one of the great movie monsters for a modern audience.

May 31, 2010 Full Review Source: Cinefantastique | Comment
Cinefantastique

The alternate endings are all gripping %u2014 but I liked the bleakest one best. It hits the hardest final note.

May 29, 2010 Full Review Source: Horror.com | Comment
Horror.com

Like most of director Joe Johnston's work, solidly gets the job done as a brisk, bloody entertainment.

May 16, 2010 Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com | Comment
TheMovieReport.com

Lawrence's transformation is scary because he's a sympathetic character. ... His sophistication can't save him from reckless impulses. I risk making a fool of myself if I say this is timely and relevant.

May 7, 2010 Full Review Source: Looking Closer | Comment
Looking Closer

This moody and violent remake has several terrific moments.

April 2, 2010 Full Review | Comment
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)
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Audience Reviews for The Wolfman

The remake of the classic horror tale of a werewolf curse does start out quite promising. Without wasting much time, the beast attacks and our protagonist returns home to investigate in his brother's gruesome death. The atmosphere and setting during those early scenes are working quite well, the rural 19th century

February 8, 2010
ironclad1609

Super Reviewer

Please note that this review is in regards to the theatrical version. I plan on watching the director's cut, and, depending on how that goes, may readjust my review and rating. I has expecting a good amount from this movie. Unfortuantely, it left me unsatisfied. It's not terrible, but it's not really a whole lot more

February 26, 2010
cosmo313
Chris Weber

Super Reviewer

    1. Sir John Talbot: Never look back, Lawrence. Never look back. The past is a wilderness of horrors.
    – Submitted by Judson B (6 months ago)
    1. Sir John Talbot: Terrible things Lawrence. You've done terrible things.
    – Submitted by Marc L (9 months ago)
    1. Maleva: Even a man who is pure in heart and says his prayers by night, may become a wolf when the wolfbane blooms, and the autumn moon is bright.
    – Submitted by Lucas M (9 months ago)
    1. Gwen Conliffe: It is said there is no sin in killing a beast, only in killing a man. But where does one begin and the other end.
    – Submitted by Lucas M (9 months ago)
    1. Lawrence Talbot: What you should do is pray. But we both know it wouldn't do any good.
    2. Sir John Talbot: Are those Singh's silver bullets in my gun?
    3. Lawrence Talbot: I'm sorry.
    4. Sir John Talbot: You have me at a disadvantage. It makes me happy.
    5. Lawrence Talbot: What does?
    6. Sir John Talbot: Well, seeing you here like this. My son returned. It is glorious, isn't it?
    7. Lawrence Talbot: No, it's hell
    8. Lawrence Talbot: Hell? No. The beast is the beast. Let it run free.
    – Submitted by Marc L (9 months ago)

Latest News for The Wolfman

July 7, 2011:
Universal's Werewolf Gets a Director
Louis Morneau ("Joy Ride 2," "The Hitcher II") will helm the "Wolfman" reboot.

June 10, 2011:
Universal Mulls Another Wolfman Reboot
Only this one will be called "Werewolf." Or something.

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