The Wolfman
Universal Pictures | Release Date: February 12, 2010 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
43
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Mixed or average reviews based on 36 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
19
Negative:
9
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38
Philadelphia InquirerSteven Rea
The Wolfman feels like a film reedited and reworked so many times it has lost all narrative rhythm and suspense. Read full review
38
Rolling StonePeter Travers
What have you done to The Wolfman, Hollywood? It’s got no kick to it. No fun either. And no real scares, which is more unforgivable. Read full review
38
Washington PostRick Warner
It's all too predictable and by the book. Even with a few plot twists that aren't in the original, I was hardly shocked or awed. While it's sleeker and more sophisticated than the Chaney version, this new Wolfman isn't any scarier. Read full review
38
New Orleans Times-PicayuneMike Scott
Anthony Hopkins still does elegant menace better than anyone. Read full review
33
Portland OregonianShawn Levy
Deeply phony, strangely static, disengaged, flaccid and, quite often, silly, it’s a film that tries to bully you into emotions with flourishes of music, contorted camera angles, screams of special effects, smears of gore, and earnest close-ups of its woefully miscast star. Read full review
33
Christian Science MonitorAndy Klein
The Wolfman isn’t scary. In fact, it isn’t much of anything. Read full review
30
L.A. WeeklyErnest Hardy
A movie that’s full of sound, fury and unintentional camp -- and is still bafflingly inert. Read full review
25
Miami HeraldRene Rodriguez
Johnston fails to make a story set in 1891 England relevant to contemporary audiences. Read full review
20
Time OutKeith Uhlich
Speed can be a virtue, but there’s something extremely off-putting about the way The Wolfman, Universal’s latest horror classic redux, races through its opening scenes. Read full review
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