Wolf
Focus Features | Release Date: December 3, 2021 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
52
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 15 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
7
Negative:
2
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80
PolygonRoxana HadadiDec 3, 2021
Practically everything about Wolf truly relies on MacKay, who has to be convincing enough in his at-odds identity to simultaneously draw viewers’ empathy and promote their unease. And he is, for every minute of this film’s 98-minute run time. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesRobert DanielsDec 1, 2021
Sometimes Wolf is slight, relying on mystery and metaphor to build suspense, but Biancheri’s sense of narrative adventure imbues this survivalist picture with more than uneasiness. She gives it tenderness. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperDec 2, 2021
Writer-director Nathalie Biancheri treats this potentially sensational material with sensitivity and empathy, though Wolf sometimes careens in the direction of a pure horror film and introduces some late elements that border on the grotesque and seem superfluous to the main story. Still, this is an involving and dark fairy tale, with great performances from MacKay and Depp. Read full review
70
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzNov 30, 2021
Writer and director Nathalie Biancheri’s film explores the lives of those living as “The Other,” outside society’s norms. It requires commitment on the part of the actors and the audience. It’s a worthwhile investment. Read full review
67
Austin ChronicleRichard WhittakerDec 2, 2021
Superficially, Wolf may seem like an entry into the queer canon, and it's not hard to see superficial similarities between the facility and a gay conversion therapy facility, or to superimpose transphobia onto Jacob's diagnosis of species dysphoria. Read full review
61
Paste MagazineNatalia KeoganDec 2, 2021
Equal parts captivating and cringey, writer/director Nathalie Biancheri’s Wolf flounders in the face of articulating its own thesis. Read full review
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