The Wolfman Review

When my friend asked if I wanted to see The Wolfman last night my initial reaction was to tell him no, but I haven’t been to the movies in a while and figured why not? That and I was secretly hoping that he’d change his mind once we got to the theatre and want to see Shutter Island instead. Alas, it didn’t happen and I ended up watching Benicio Del Toro run around screaming in a torn shirt for an hour and a half. Don’t get me wrong I like werewolves. I think they’re cool monsters, but lately no one has gotten them right and The Wolfman is another one of those films.

My hopes weren’t high going in, and unfortunately the film did little to nothing at all to help me see the good side of it. Sure there were some cool special effect scenes, but does this make me actually like the movie as a whole? Will I one day think back, "The Wolfman was good because it had that one scene where that thing happened and that guy was like..." probably not. I did like the fact that it was set in the past and I can only imagine how much worse the film would have been if were set in the present, but that’s about it. Not even the acting held my attention. The actors themselves (especially Anthony Hopkins) seemed to be about as interested in the film as I was. I tried to like The Wolfman. I really did, but it just kind of sat there like I did waiting for it to end.

Overall rating: Wait for the DVD if you really want to see it.

**Cracked.com has an article about why no one gives a shit about werewolves and it’s true.