Wolf Man
Universal Pictures | Release Date: January 17, 2025 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
50
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 49 Critic Reviews
Positive:
13
Mixed:
29
Negative:
7
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38
Movie NationRoger MooreJan 17, 2025
Try not to guess all that happens, because rare RARE mild jolts aside, this picture’s as clockwork as my Citizen watch. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineSeth KatzJan 15, 2025
Wolf Man neither embraces the fundamentals of the werewolf folklore from which it draws nor convincingly reinvents them. Read full review
30
Film ThreatDan LybargerJan 22, 2025
It’s a given that Julia Garner can play fear, but Whannel barely taps into her skills. Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesAmy NicholsonJan 15, 2025
Wolf Man is a boring body-horror endurance test that mostly takes place in one home from sundown to sunrise. There’s so much interior creaking and panting, and so little dialogue or plot, that if you closed your eyes, the projectionist could have swapped reels with a different genre of doggy style. Read full review
25
ObserverRex ReedJan 27, 2025
Credulity is strained on every level in scene after repetitive scene. The shallow screenplay robs the actors of success whenever they strive for any kind of badly needed comic relief, which is probably why the acting seems so bland and unconvincing. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleCarla MeyerJan 15, 2025
Wolf Man does not fully compel until it becomes ridiculous, employing a wolf-cam perspective that shows what a werewolf sees when he encounters people: glowing-eyed figures who look like AI-hallucinuted Teletubbies. Read full review
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The Associated PressMark KennedyJan 15, 2025
Slack when it should be terrifying, “Wolf Man” suffers from cheap sentimentality, laughably obvious script reveals, poor continuity and a creature that is less predatory than painful. Pity comes to mind. Read full review
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