Wolves

Name: Wolves
Genre: Drama
Released: March 3, 2017
Duration: 109 min
Rating: 46
Cast: Carla Gugino, Michael Shannon, Taylor John Smith, Zazie Beetz

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IFC Films | Release Date: March 3, 2017 | R

Starring: Carla Gugino, Michael Shannon, Taylor John Smith, Zazie Beetz

Summary: Anthony (Taylor John Smith) is a standout player on his Manhattan high school’s basketball team with seemingly everything going for him: a killer three-point shot, a loving girlfriend (Zazie Beetz), and a chance at a scholarship to Cornell. But Anthony’s dreams of playing college ball are jeopardized by his volatile father (MichaelAnthony (Taylor John Smith) is a standout player on his Manhattan high school’s basketball team with seemingly everything going for him: a killer three-point shot, a loving girlfriend (Zazie Beetz), and a chance at a scholarship to Cornell. But Anthony’s dreams of playing college ball are jeopardized by his volatile father (Michael Shannon), a hard-drinking writer whose compulsive gambling threatens to derail the lives of both his wife (Carla Gugino) and son. Though it goes against his nature, Anthony must summon the strength to step out from his father’s shadow and reclaim his future. [IFC Films]… Expand

Director: Bart Freundlich

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: R

Runtime: 109 min

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Lauren Humphries-Brooks

Mar 2, 2017

Buoyed by a strong cast, Wolves is a predictable yet powerful film that uses its multitude of sports movie and coming-of-age cliches to the best possible effect. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Glenn Kenny

Mar 3, 2017

Director Freundlich clearly likes to dig in deep with this kind of character material, and here it pays off in ways it really hasn’t in some of his previous feature work (which includes “Trust the Man” and “The Rebound”). Read full review

Tatiana Craine

Mar 2, 2017

There's real turmoil in Freundlich's script (abuse, a crumbling marriage, pregnancy) but the problems sometimes seem tacked on for added crisis. Read full review

Michael Rechtshaffen

Mar 2, 2017

There’s plenty of predatory behavior on display in the impressively acted Wolves, a curious if unsuccessful cross-breeding of gritty domestic drama with conventional coming-of-age sports crowd-rouser. Read full review

Frank Scheck

Mar 2, 2017

The film conjures a strong sense of atmosphere, with the gritty NYC locations — yes, there are still some in the gentrified city — well captured by cinematographer Juanmil Azpiroz. And the performances are first-rate.... But by the time it reaches its hoary climax...Wolves has reached such an absurd level of schmaltz that it practically feels like a parody of itself. Read full review

Chuck Bowen

Mar 4, 2017

Bart Freundlich alternates somewhat arbitrarily between his various plots, leaving a lot of loose ends in the process. Read full review

Nico Lang

Mar 2, 2017

Wolves is more affecting than it should be by virtue of its cast, who deserve better, but the drama is so schematic that their Herculean efforts leave little impact. Read full review

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JLuis_001

Sep 6, 2017

Modest, but so irrelevant and quite forgettable that it is a shame to realize the kind of films in which Michael Shannon must invest his enormous talent.

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