Wolves
Ketchup Entertainment | Release Date: November 14, 2014 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
37
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
8
Negative:
2
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
63
ObserverRex ReedNov 12, 2014
It’s sexy, violent and creepy, but damn if it didn’t keep me glued to my chair with tension. Read full review
60
New York Daily NewsJordan HoffmanNov 12, 2014
The first 30 minutes of this cheap-looking monster drama are admittedly rough going. But once the “Twilight”-meets-“Sons of Anarchy” silliness kicks in, there’s a lovable lunacy at work. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckNov 14, 2014
Largely forgoing the CGI effects usually endemic to such efforts, the film has the actors clad in werewolf suits and make-up designed by Dave and Lou Elsey that produce a slightly ludicrous effect, as if they were unusually large kids trick-or-treating. That the characters maintain their full powers of speech only adds to the silliness, although the hunky lead performers manage to carry it off with hirsute sexiness. Read full review
50
RogerEbert.comSimon AbramsNov 14, 2014
Wolves is consequently too violent to be a "Twilight" knockoff, and too cuddly to be an effectively freaky tale of a boy who, to paraphrase "Werewolf Bar Mitzvah," becomes a man while also becoming a wolf. Read full review
50
McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreNov 11, 2014
Hollywood will be hard pressed to top this lean Canadian indie picture that knows it’s just another dumb werewolf movie, but has fun with that knowledge. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineCarson LundNov 9, 2014
The cinematographic approach of the film suggests some unholy hybrid of the aesthetic and genre indulgences of Michael Bay and the hyper-literalist plot construction of Christopher Nolan. Read full review
40
VarietyDennis HarveyNov 15, 2014
There are certainly no fresh ideas risked in this first directorial feature by voice actor-turned-scenarist David Hayter (“X-Men,” “Watchmen”), but Wolves could be worse, being as fast-paced and polished on a “B” budget as it is forgettable. Read full review
40
Village VoiceRob StaegerNov 11, 2014
If you're in the bag for werewolves (or have a thing for hairy dudes smoking distinctive pipes), Wolves is a beckoning howl in the night. As an action movie, however, it's surprisingly tame. Read full review
40
The DissolveChris KlimekNov 11, 2014
This feature directing debut from X-Men, X2, and Watchmen screenwriter David Hayter is basically a bloodier, drastically more hirsute remake of Footloose set in the sleepy Canadian tax haven of Lupine Ridge, where most of the residents are actually… well, if you guessed “vampires,” you’re close. Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinNov 15, 2014
Writer-director David Hayter revisits much-trod territory with wan results in Wolves, a werewolf tale that quickly loses its initial bite. Read full review
20
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisNov 13, 2014
Silly beyond words, Wolves is indifferently acted and unconvincingly realized. Read full review
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