Big Bad Wolves (2014)

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Average Rating: 7.1/10

Reviews Counted: 60

Fresh: 46

Rotten: 14

Critics Consensus: With just enough black humor to lighten the disturbing subject matter, Big Bad Wolves is as rewarding as it is challenging.

Average Rating: 6.9/10

Reviews Counted: 18

Fresh: 12

Rotten: 6

Critics Consensus: With just enough black humor to lighten the disturbing subject matter, Big Bad Wolves is as rewarding as it is challenging.

AUDIENCE SCORE

Average Rating: 3.6/5

User Ratings: 7,028

Critic Consensus: With just enough black humor to lighten the disturbing subject matter, Big Bad Wolves is as rewarding as it is challenging.

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Movie Info

In BIG BAD WOLVES a series of brutal murders puts the lives of three men on a collision course: The father of the latest victim now out for revenge, a vigilante police detective operating outside the boundaries of law, and the main suspect in the killings - a religious studies teacher arrested and released due to a police blunder. (c) Magnet

Rating:

NR
Genre:

Comedy, Drama, Mystery & Suspense
Directed By:

Ahron Keshales, Navot Papushado
Written By:

Ahron Keshales, Navot Papushado
In Theaters:

Jan 17, 2014 limited
On Disc/Streaming:

Apr 22, 2014
Box Office:

$19,184
Runtime:

110 minutes
Studio:

Magnolia Pictures

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Cast

Lior Ashkenazi
as Miki

Rotem Keinan
as Dror

Tzahi Grad
as Gidi

Dov Glickman
as Yoram

Menashe Noy
as Rami

Dvir Bendek
as Tsvika

Kais Nashef
as Man on Horse

Nati Kluger
as Eti

Ami Weinberg
as Principal Meir

Guy Adler
as Eli

Arthur Perry
as Ofer

Gur Bentwich
as Shauli

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Critic Reviews for Big Bad Wolves

All Critics (60) | Top Critics (18) | Fresh (46) | Rotten (14) | DVD (1)

A suspenseful, violent horror film that touches on the inner lives of sexual predators, the question of guilt and remorse in the human soul, and the practice of torture.

February 7, 2014 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…

Tirdad Derakhshani

Philadelphia Inquirer

Top Critic

Unpredictable, with a twisted surprise around each corner, Big Bad Wolves is a clever and arresting shocker.

January 24, 2014 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…

New York Observer

Top Critic

There's little to the movie other than shocks and gross-outs.

January 24, 2014 | Rating: 2/4

Top Critic

It is an intriguing film with much to admire, but it doesn't always earn its pitch-black attempts at humor.

January 23, 2014 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…

Bill Goodykoontz

Arizona Republic

Top Critic

Tarantino-aping hasn't died out entirely; it's just moved to Israel.

January 17, 2014 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…

Godfrey Cheshire

Top Critic

While Big Bad Wolves delivers the Hostel-like torture jolts with ruthless precision, the movie is also a rudely funny satire of a macho, paranoid culture where the protection of children is used to justify any conduct.

January 17, 2014 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…

Top Critic

The problem that comes with Big Bad Wolves is that its excessive violence is too intrinsically tied to questions of morality to simply create excuses of "it's just entertainment."

June 29, 2016 | Rating: D | Full Review…

At moments it's fun to watch the psychological drama unfold, and Grad is especially good as the vengeful father, but much of the movie is stomach-churning and visually flat.

March 1, 2016 | Full Review…

A dark, captivating, and thoroughly fascinating piece of genre filmmaking.

August 24, 2015 | Full Review…

As dark comedies go, this is about as dark as it gets. The acting and stunt work are very solid. I can't say I enjoyed this, but the film is thought-provoking, occasionally funny, and it does raise some interesting moral questions.

January 1, 2015 | Rating: B | Full Review…

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A grisly off-beat moralistic Israeli thriller about a suspected serial rapist killer being tortured by a cop and the victim's father.

December 5, 2014 | Rating: C+ | Full Review…

Dennis Schwartz

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We've seen this film before - as recently as in last year's Prisoners - but Big Bad Wolves still manages to feel fresh.

November 19, 2014 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…

Christopher Null

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Audience Reviews for Big Bad Wolves

½

How black can "black comedy" get before it's basically just a crime-thriller-come-torture-porn with a couple of giggles in it? Big Bad Wolves aims to find out.

Gimly M.

Super Reviewer

The main characters in this manage to be extremely charming as they go to some dark twisty places. It's like Tarantino with a heart.

Julie B

Super Reviewer

½

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Directors Cat

Directors Cat

Super Reviewer

A powerful, gut-wrenching and intense movie of murder and revenge. Featuring strong performances that very much stay with its audience, particularly Tzahi Grad's performance as the father who's determined to do anything to find the last "remains" of his daughter. With some very disturbing scenes of torture that almost guarantee to make anyone cringe with disgust and shock; these moments are where the film gets its power from. Along with this, there are some rare moments of humour that are clever yet rather sadistic, especially how the father writes a bedtime story for the killer and then reads it to him, even though its not the most pleasant of stories. Ultimately this film shows that a very powerful film can come from anywhere that's not Hollywood. This is one of the best films I have seen this year.

Samuel Riley

Samuel Riley

Super Reviewer

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Big Bad Wolves Quotes

Gidi:

Maniacs are afraid of maniacs.

Miki:

It might look like I'm enjoying this, and maybe I am in a way... but believe me, I'd be happy to stop breaking your fingers. Now would you please start talking!

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