Wildling

Critics Consensus

Wildling's feminist themes - and the ferocious Bel Powley performance that brings them to life - are often enough to make up for its narrative deficiencies.

70%

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Movie Info

A teenage girl's coming of age comes with a terrifying twist in this spellbinding take on the werewolf legend. Since birth, Anna (Bel Powley) has been raised in isolation by a man she knows only as Daddy (Chucky star Brad Dourif) who has done everything possible to conceal the truth about the girl's origins from her. But when the teenage Anna is suddenly thrust into the real world under the protection of no-nonsense police officer Ellen (Liv Tyler), it soon becomes clear that the young woman is far from ordinary. Unable to adjust to a normal life, Anna finds herself drawn instead to the wild freedom of the forest while struggling to resist the growing bloodlust that has awakened inside her. This moodily atmospheric thriller combines supernatural scares with a myth-like tale of self discovery.
  • Rating:
    R (for violence including bloody images, language, some sexual content and teen drinking)
  • Genre:
    Horror, Science Fiction & Fantasy
  • Directed By:
    Fritz Böhm
  • Written By:
    Fritz Böhm, Florian Eder
  • In Theaters:
     limited
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  • Studio:
    IFC Midnight

Cast

Liv Tyler
as Sheriff Ellen Cooper
Brad Dourif
as Daddy
Bel Powley
as Anna
James Le Gros
as Wolf Man
Mike Faist
as Lawrence
Collin Kelly-Sordelet
as Ray Cooper

Critic Reviews for Wildling

All Critics (46) | Top Critics (8) | Fresh (32) | Rotten (14)

  • The attention paid to images does not translate to character development, story, or dialogue, leaving little emotional resonance, while making me seriously wonder if the men telling these stories understand much at all about female sexuality.

    May 4, 2018 | Full Review…

    April Wolfe

    Village Voice
    Top Critic

  • It's a promising debut for Bhm, with a lot of promise. But it's a home run for Powley, who makes "Wildling" worth watching even when it shouldn't be.

    April 26, 2018 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…

    Bill Goodykoontz

    Arizona Republic
    Top Critic

  • Wildling starts out strongly but the qualities that make the first 20 minutes engrossing and harrowing drain away and the movie morphs into a thoroughly unsatisfying excursion into fantasy-tinged horror.

    April 14, 2018 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…

    James Berardinelli

    ReelViews
    Top Critic

  • At its best, "Wildling" is very smart about how we humans like to compare ourselves to animals - from the names of our sports teams to the way we describe the feeling of cutting loose.

    April 12, 2018 | Full Review…

    Noel Murray

    Los Angeles Times
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  • A supernatural "What's Happening to My Body?" parable in company with "Carrie," "Ginger Snaps" and last year's "Thelma," "Wildling" is low-key with an undertone of menace, skillfully directed by Fritz Bhm in his feature debut.

    April 12, 2018 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…

    Sara Stewart

    New York Post
    Top Critic

  • A clever, sharp-fanged mlange of classic midnight-movie horror and modern indie ingenuity.

    April 12, 2018 | Rating: B+ | Full Review…

    Leah Greenblatt

    Entertainment Weekly
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Audience Reviews for Wildling

  • Apr 06, 2019
    If you want to read the review I wrote for this, go to letterboxd.com/HankIsDead514. I can no longer post long reviews on here and I'm not writing two separate reviews for the same movie.
    Jesse O Super Reviewer
  • Jun 05, 2018
    Horror movie versions of puberty have been done well in the past, Wildling however misses the mark.
    Gimly M Super Reviewer
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