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The Wolfman

The Wolfman

2010
Suspense/Thriller, Horror
1h 43m
Based on the 1941 classic, this werewolf-themed horror film set in Victorian England centers on Lawrence Talbot (Benicio Del Toro), an American man who, upon a visit to London, gets bitten by a werewolf. Talbot had come to England to make amends with his estranged father (Anthony Hopkins), but after a moonlight transformation leaves him with a savage hunger for flesh, family harmony is the least of his worries.
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The Wolfman

2010
Suspense/Thriller, Horror
1h 43m
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Rated 12 Feb 2010
50
27th
The high caliber actors and the sufficiently brooding atmosphere couldn't save this film from its weak and hackneyed script. Its old school feel certainly brings about nostalgia. But it struggles to find its footing both as a thriller and as a drama. For a werewolf film, this pretty anemic effort just lacks enough bite.
Rated 07 Dec 2017
50
18th
A surprisingly emotionless affair that possesses a bizarre and nonsensical rhythm. Time ceases to have meaning when scenes begin and end with no logic. Everyone acts as though they have taken way too many benzos. But at least that changes about halfway through, when Weaving shows up and he and Hopkins try to out-ham each other.
Rated 03 Mar 2010
30
10th
Pretty period set design and some neatly realized man-to-wolfman transformations aside, this is an, excuse me, horrible monstrosity of a film. It's incompetently directed and slobbily acted, especially by Hopkins. Only Weaving brings his A-game.
Rated 12 Feb 2010
45
16th
I must say that this movie is most fun during the scenes of the werewolf running around and tearing people to shreds. The film looks pretty nice at times and I like the big ol' mansion but the big problem is with the script; the cast isn't exactly poor or anything, but they just weren't given anything interesting to say or do. Hopkins is an enjoyable presence but he could've done this role in his sleep. Some of the CGI is awful, too, but I did like the old school werewolf makeup.
Rated 19 Nov 2010
15
15th
A curious thing about The Wolfman is that, no matter how much one might dislike the film, it is nothing compared to the seething hatred the actors seem to have for it. Everyone involved clearly wants to be -anywhere- but on the set of this film. Saying The Wolfman sucks is redundant. It practically admits it in every frame.
Rated 24 Jun 2011
1
0th
The only time I ever wanted my money back from a movie. And I used a free pass.
Rated 31 May 2010
40
28th
All is well until the frankly quite ridiculous Wolfman is introduced. Before that we've witnessed what could be an intimate Victorian chiller. After, however, it's all cheap scares as the movie desperately tries to umpf! up what everyone must have realised is a horribly outdated concept. I think it's safe to say that Hopkins caught on pretty quickly, given his indifferent performance. What a howler. (thank you thank you.. here all week..)
Rated 16 Feb 2010
50
12th
Worst Teen Wolf sequel ever, wasn't even any basketball in it.
Rated 14 Feb 2010
75
52nd
a throw-away horror flick, that really isn't bad, but will be easily forgotten. it does have some decent action, and isn't boring, but isn't the intense thrill ride one should expect.
Rated 19 Apr 2010
20
6th
It seems The Wolfman is The Turkey of the Year.
Rated 11 Feb 2016
35
15th
Not ever scary, or tense, The Wolfman suffers in its poor script and poorer execution. While it has a slew of good actors, none are utilized to full potential, and the story is so fast-paced that the pacing becomes so wonky you have no idea how much time has passed. The only saving grace was some good cinematography because really The Wolfman was a messy snooze.
Rated 17 Feb 2010
38
28th
The script is going in too many directions all at once. There are a few nice action sequences but most of the film is mediocre. The werewolf costumes and masks were very lame too. If you've got a craving for werewolves you're better off re-watching the Underworld series. Far higher quality.
Rated 14 Feb 2010
40
8th
I figured with such a big production and expensive cast, I ought to be able to expect something above the typical artificial horror movie shocks and trite, overused story lines. Hannibal or something. But no, it was not to be. Maybe even more pathetic than some others of the genre. The ending came completely unraveled. Absurd.
Rated 26 May 2010
3
24th
I liked the CGI transformations and, uhm, well, that's about it. Oh no. Wait. Hugo Weaving hamming it up like he was at a butcher's convention was pretty great too.
Rated 10 Jun 2010
41
6th
I like Emily Blunt, always have, and she was working overtime to save this heap. Not enough going on with any character which led me to care if they lived or died. I kind of hoped everyone was a werewolf and the movie would just end.
Rated 09 Aug 2012
50
21st
Great cast, great cinematography, great tone, and just plain awful.
Rated 10 Oct 2010
65
45th
This seems to be getting a lot of hate, but I thought it was enjoyable (I did see the Unrated version though and I hear that one's slightly better). The script was pretty weak, giving the audience a fairly simple plot line and making the film as a whole lack any real kind of atmosphere (which they try to make up for it with copious amounts of fog). The effects were cool, and actively enjoyed wolfman going crazy on people, but it wasn't enough to keep the film from being blatantly mediocre.
Rated 08 Mar 2010
30
8th
I would have loved to have seen Romanek's version... THIS version however is precisely as inept as you would expect from the guy who brought us Jurassic Park 3...
Rated 13 Feb 2010
20
11th
This movie is shitty meets bland. Sadly this is almost Johnstons best movie in competition with Hidalgo
Rated 08 Jun 2010
1
8th
Wow, this was unbearably bad. Del Toro and his follow cast members just seem to wander around with no real flair. Editing felt choppy and lazy which made the whole film look stupid. Transformation sequences were the only highlight but later ruined by the wolfman moving. Seriously, it looks terribly unrealistic. Quite shocking how poor this turned out to be. Not to mention how boring.
Rated 18 Jun 2010
23
18th
Del Toro's The Wolfman part was a big disappointment since the script nor acting did not offer anything surprising. The transformation was kind of okay though I did not like the rest of CG at all. The mood in the beginning was good, but before the half of the movie I lost any intrest of anything. Hugo Weaving brought some reason to watch it till the end.
Rated 06 Jun 2010
53
39th
With all things considered (script, acting, special effects, etc), it's amazing that a crew, cast and writers cannot somehow build upon and deliver a better product than a flick that was originally delivered almost 70 years ago! Save yourself a bit of money and just wait for the original Wolfman to be shown on the AMC channel. This remake is nothing more than a waste of time.
Rated 04 Jun 2010
5
12th
Bad. A cool premise begging to be completely re-imagined but instead they decided to remake the original verbatim. Anthony Hopkins looks ridiculous and has finally evolved into a caricature of himself... Del Toro, horribly miscast, tries valiantly but unsuccessfully to salvage this train wreck and Hugo Weaving looks bemused throughout. And the werewolf is laughable, if I want to see a dumb animal, I'll watch Bush Jr's "Mission Accomplished" speech again. An absolute disaster. Not Recommended.
Rated 27 May 2014
20
22nd
[Director's Cut] 30min of "who could've carried out these savage attacks?" drama. Not needed. It's The Wolfman with a pic of a big hairy wolfman on the DVD. Trying to create a Gothic air of mystery around the events isn't going to work. Lousy script and an A-list cast sleepwalking their parts aside, there's the problem that werewolves always look like shit onscreen. As a mythological creature representing the bestial nature of man in story they work, as big lumps of CGI fur they don't. Ever.
Rated 11 Mar 2010
59
9th
Worth studying: a film that's excised any reason 4 u 2 care about what's happening on screen. Blunt's widow is distraught after the death of her husband, but we never c them interact so, who cares? Del Toro's committed 2 finding his brother's killer, but we get no sense of kinship between them so, who cares? Del Toro and Hopkins r supposedly estranged, but the tensions we c between them barely register so when they lock horns, who cares? There's a romance, but we never see...you get the picture.
Rated 06 Mar 2010
38
22nd
The Wolfman isn't necessarily bad, it's just plain boring and bland. Hopkins wanders around lazily, and Del Toro didn't seem to psyched for this either. The script is the big problem with this monstrosity, it tried to go one way and then another and it just ended up in a huge mess in the end. It's a shame, I think this could've been a lot better.
Rated 15 Feb 2010
2
14th
Eh, watchable, but instantly forgettable. Del Toro and Hopkins both seem bored, but Hugo Weaving cheeses it up admirably.
Rated 17 Apr 2020
41
16th
Lots of CGI, lots of digital filters that try to replicate the original's gothic feel and fail miserably, lots of good actors yawning as they wait in vain for someone to finish the script. And they never, ever do.
Rated 01 Jun 2010
40
23rd
Mediocre film with a very messy end.
Rated 19 Aug 2010
32
27th
#10#, [Unrated Edition], popcorn, hype, story, Emily B!, casting.
Rated 17 Jan 2011
45
31st
I think that is not a remake so bad, technically speaking, but does not seem relevant, and not arouses any tension.
Rated 21 Apr 2011
52
18th
Would have been nice if they added a twist or... something. Pretty straight forward film with mediocre special effects and some decent acting and set pieces.
Rated 26 Aug 2022
81
40th
I actually really enjoyed this movie, although the final act is too silly for my tastes. However the film has some radical gory moments and Benicio Del Toro does a fine job of holding up a fairly weak script.
Rated 16 Feb 2010
20
9th
The set of great actors couldn't save this bomb of a film. I was hoping for so much more.
Rated 18 Feb 2010
55
19th
A whole hell of a lot of undeveloped and often unnecessary characters spend hours trying to figure out what you probably understood in the trailer, leading to an uncreative conclusion.
Rated 18 Mar 2010
80
33rd
This could have been oh so much more, but isn't actually so terrible. Universal's reboot of The Wolfman at least looks ravishing and Emily Blunt is charming, but is it scary? Not a chance. There's gore to spare (which is admittedly cool) but it's a remote film. For being Benicio Del Toro's longtime pet project, he seems to be sleepwalking throughout the picture and Hopkins just looks bored to be there. Just another proof that studio tinkering can ruin the best of intentions.
Rated 16 Apr 2010
20
23rd
20 points for Anthony Hopkins and 0 for everything else.
Rated 24 Aug 2010
73
50th
Good cast, visuals, and acting, but the story was a bit slow and provided none of the suspense that it needed.
Rated 22 Oct 2012
60
68th
I enjoyed this more than the original, but I think the original was a better movie. Emily Blunt is literally the worst actress ever, and Benicio del Toro is almost as bland. Lon Chaney was a much better Talbot. This had a nicer style overall, but the acting sucked and it didn't do the dramatic stuff very well (the original was a better drama, but this did the horror stuff better).
Rated 03 May 2010
75
76th
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Rated 07 Aug 2010
62
69th
eng; [The Wolfman]; ein schauspieler trifft nach dem tod seines bruder wieder seinen vater, der hat jedoch ein düsteres familiengeheimnis dass er mit seinem sohn teilt.;
Rated 20 Jun 2012
20
20th
A small, fake looking movie.
Rated 28 Jul 2010
73
34th
DIgne descendant des films de la Hammer. Un peu lent, mais images splendides et baroques, personnages complexes. Superbes scènes dans l'hôpital psychiatrique !
Rated 25 Sep 2010
45
13th
I literally fell asleep. I gave it a couple points because Del Toro is usually solid.
Rated 14 Feb 2010
79
58th
Good in theory, this film has everything going for it except for a script that just doesn't work. It's a movie that's always rushing around with less focus on actually telling a story so much as going through a series of plot points as quickly as possible. It's an okay little horror movie, but it has none of the bite of it's 1941 counterpart. It's not really a bad movie, but it's hardly going to be joining the Universal Classics any time soon.
Rated 30 Dec 2010
75
40th
I came for the creature effects and the gore. On those fronts, the movie had a few good moments. The story was still extremely stupid and I was not at all surprised by what was maybe supposed to be a surprise ending. Ugh. Anthony Hopkins... I worry about you sometimes.
Rated 19 Aug 2010
28
3rd
Incoherent storytelling, terrible atmosphere with a badly miscast Del Toro. I shouldn't be this bored for this kind of genre picture. Come on Joe Johnston, at least I could finish JP 3.
Rated 13 Feb 2010
3
64th
Gets the atmosphere right and the SFX look good. A few fun scenes but it doesn't sell the interpersonal drama, which drags down the final third.
Rated 24 Jul 2010
63
27th
Not far from being a good (instead of average) film. The wolfmen themselves have a sort of classic charm to the them and some of the cgi effects are used well. It's biggest sin, however, is that it doesn't create any atmosphere. It never really hits the moody keys that it was going for and ends up feeling pretty flat.
Rated 29 Jan 2012
61
7th
Average at best. Performances aren't terrible and the effects are pretty great, but I'm having a hard time remembering most of it.
Rated 01 Mar 2014
30
8th
A kids movie with two (or more) decapitations, water-torture and all. What a pile of stinkin' turd this is.
Rated 24 Feb 2010
10
8th
One of the worst endings for the story line, but it had potential. Cool action and Hugo Weaving in a handlebar mustache. That's a plus!
Rated 08 Jun 2010
44
32nd
Period horror story about a man who returns to his ancestral home in Victorian era England after several years away, where he is attacked by a werewolf and suffers certain side effects. Despite a first-rate cast led by Benicio Del Toro, Anthony Hopkins and Emily Blunt, a classy re-creation of late-Victorian England and commendable respect for the 1941 original movie... more a yawn than a scream.
Rated 28 Jun 2010
12
10th
Shockingly awful. Whatever element of this movie you decide to focus on, "The Wolfman" comes off looking bad. The editing is amateur, the scripting dire, the plot wafer thin, with the CGI and design low rent and unimaginative. It is the performances that are most damning aspect of all however, with only Weaving adding the odd flash of class. Blunt and Hopkins in particular are completely useless. An absolute waste of time.
Rated 09 Feb 2011
65
31st
Although it seemed like it would be a dull werewolf slasher, it was actually enjoyable. It delivers great scenes of gore and beastly terror. The CG was, however, quite cheesy.
Rated 14 Feb 2010
75
40th
I liked the movie, however I would recommend it more as a renter. The acting was okay given the tepid script and the effects were passable but I think I was hoping for more of the Underworld or Dog Soldier variety. In short - okay, but could have been much better.
Rated 17 Feb 2010
33
13th
It had its moments, but in the end I didn't really take anything away that was worth seeing. Loud bangs are a lazy way to make a "horror" movie.
Rated 06 Mar 2010
20
44th
Under the drillmasterly direction of Johnston, the remake emerges as your basic tale of Oedipal lycanthropy, an Oedipus simplex if you will, so basic that it takes place in the 19th Century, unearths an archetypal gypsy fortune teller (a gaunt and gaudy Chaplin), and fashions its werewolf makeup in the classic style of Lon Chaney, Jr.'s. The human drama, however Freudian, proves to be refreshingly unpretentious and earnest, as well as stoutly acted
Rated 29 Apr 2010
46
44th
There's plenty of doom, gloom, and outright despair on hand here but very little genuine human emotion.
Rated 21 Feb 2011
50
23rd
Everyone's asleep - the movie. Let's be blunt. The only thing halfway decent here is emily.
Rated 29 May 2010
46
28th
Honestly The Wolfman isn't a bad movie by any means. However it's never entertaining on any level. It's graphic violence at least allows the viewer to take the beast seriously and not comically. The special effects are impressive, especially the CGI transformation into the werewolf. Still the film just feels bland in every respect. The story is never sharp or clever and the reveal is plain tacky.
Rated 05 Jul 2010
30
12th
The creepy Victorian setting could be enough to trick you into thinking that this was a horror movie, but it all falls apart quickly thanks to an aimless story, bad special effects and a miscast lead. At times the film would go in random directions and even by the end hadn't established who was supposed to be the antagonist. The werewolf special effects were obvious cg and the wirework made it laughably bad anytime the wolfman ran on all fours. Benicio del Toro couldn't even attempt an accent.
Rated 15 Feb 2010
53
19th
Hopkins is great,the rest - emmm....ummm...NOT.
Rated 09 Jul 2010
34
16th
At first I thought it is OK. Gothic teal cinematography is done well, art design is passable. However soon I grew bored with a story seen a million times before. CGI action scenes are the low point for me in this film. Visually it reminded me of that new Sherlock Holmes film, but it is not as entertaining, and artistic value is nowhere to be seen here.
Rated 29 Jul 2011
52
4th
This movie had so much going for it. Tho yet another remake of an excellent original, this movie had so much Oscar stardom attracted to it , it shuda been directed by a more capable director. But then again, gonna go see cap america tonight, and it looks promising. It could be the one redeeming factor in Joe Johnston's career. But for the movie the cinematography is nice , tho obvious fake CGI. The acting, scripting, pacing is all average at best.If theres nothing else on, slap this shit onn
Rated 13 Jul 2014
30
28th
meh
Rated 05 Mar 2010
51
15th
It's really not memorable in any way besides the goth imagery which is nice. So some good cinematography. Everything else is passable. You don't even need to see this but I'm giving it a 51 because if someone asked me, I'd say, "Yeah sure, see it" instead of "No, rent something else." But expect the ending to be bullshit.
Rated 17 Jan 2011
35
10th
+ not worth your time
Rated 24 Feb 2010
87
36th
An exciting movie, but had a lame ending
Rated 04 May 2010
40
31st
The Wolfman isn't really bad, but it's definitely not great. I guess it's supposed to be a horror, but there really weren't any scares. I would definitely suggest the original over this to anybody that is interested in werewolf films. Mediocre is the best word to describe this movie.
Rated 07 Jul 2010
50
28th
It made me lycanthrow-up in my mouth. (Not really, just wanted to make that terrible pun) Thoroughly below average all-over. Del Toro sleepwalks through the whole thing. Spotty CGI ruining the at times great atmosphere. And what was up with the original cane owner in the beginning? Was his only role to drop his *wink wink* silver cane? Terrible! I don't get the Hopkins hate though, his over the top oddball performance was the best thing about the movie!
Rated 03 Jan 2011
68
31st
If you want to watch a Wolfman movie, it's hard to see how it could be any better than this; campy, over-the-top, and a lot of fun
Rated 03 Nov 2011
45
9th
Some of the sets look really nice but aren't a big enough distraction from pretty much everything else going on in the movie. I guess some people might enjoy Anthony Hopkins chewing the scenery but I just found it another thing to roll my eyes at.
Rated 13 May 2012
37
14th
So over the top that it becomes plain ridiculous.
Rated 24 Jan 2013
58
13th
Might as well call this the Mummy because it moved as slow as one. The Wolfman had only two things going for it, the special effects and Emily Blunt. Other than that I was having trouble staying awake during the movie. The whole thing had this drab look to it, which I guess was supposed to give it a late 1800's feel but there just wasn't anything nice to look at scenery-wise. Also Hopkins and Weaving didn't seem to pull their weight like they usually do in films. Very disappointing...
Rated 18 Oct 2010
55
9th
Pros: great gothic atmosphere, gore, dream sequences, werewolf transformations, and Hugo Weaving. Cons: Just about everything else. Dry and overly simplistic.
Rated 15 Jan 2011
42
17th
Joe Johnston's bloody and gory Wolfman is more an action movie with average CGI than a serious horror movie. I guess there is something really wrong with it.
Rated 13 Jun 2012
40
31st
The Wolfman fails because it isn't scary, entertaining, or emotionally involving. It has one good jump scare, it has one or two somewhat entertaining (but always bloody) action scenes, and it has one character that you can kind of relate to. But the rest of the film is either a bore or a mess -- often times both -- despite always looking really good. This is not a good movie, even if it does contain some enjoyable parts (like Hugo Weaving, despite the fact that he's underused).
Rated 17 Dec 2011
65
16th
This movie has some good moments, but nothing really feels new or exciting. Benicio Del Toro is good in the lead role but the special affects seem forced. There are better werewolf movies to watch, such as An American Werewolf in London.
Rated 07 Feb 2012
60
30th
It's definitely not as bad as people say it is. It features good actors in Hopkins, Del Toro, and Weaving in an interesting setting. There are some decent action scenes, most notably the wolf transformation and violence that actually looks terrifying. The problem is that the various scenes seem to set a disjointed pace for the film instead of providing an interesting plot backdrop first. The story fails primarily because it's one dimensional with an utterly preposterous father/son story.
Rated 25 Nov 2012
3
73rd
Low-camp but melodramatic period horror -like Branagh's Frankenstein -without the strength of plot and consistency of dialogue though. Some strange choices (actor!) and dodgy acting (Hopkins) drag this down but it looks great and has some good moments.
Rated 05 Mar 2011
60
17th
Tries to be the opposite of the original; fixing some of the original problems but at the same time breaking everything that made the original so great. Since very little was wrong to start with and very much was right, they broke more than they fixed. Monstrous screenplay and ghastly acting make it hard to believe this was a labor of love for any involved and instead seems more like contempt.
Rated 03 Nov 2010
5
2nd
"Would that Joe Johnston's The Wolfman were spectacularly awful, then it would have been at least a fun time at the movies." - Ed Gonzalez
Rated 26 Mar 2011
65
26th
All the werewolf scenes were pure ownage, but all the others were pure agony.
Rated 15 Feb 2010
30
13th
Don't pay for this movie.
Rated 14 May 2010
33
39th
Suitably grand and special effects-laden, The Wolfman suffers from a suspense-deficient script and a surprising lack of genuine chills.
Rated 05 Jul 2010
10
11th
I foudn the transformation kinda cool and the kills were ok..the story and the actors was beyond boring a waste of time
Rated 06 Jun 2013
60
47th
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Rated 12 Feb 2010
65
42nd
There seemed to be so much cut out of this, there was absolutely no flow at all to this movie. Del Toro was horribly miscast in this, awful role. However, the over the top gore made it amusing.
Rated 23 Jul 2010
55
24th
Actually i tried hard to like it but...
Rated 14 Mar 2010
65
27th
Frowned upon by some, I feel this movie expects a fair portion of praise. For me, it succeds in bringing classical horror back to the big screen, as bloody and arousing entertainment. Del Toro is an excellent choice for protagonist, physically reminding a werewolf, and the 1980's throwback in the make-up and effects department works out well. I left the cinema with a gut full of adrenaline.
Rated 10 Aug 2010
64
51st
a lot of hit and miss with this one..def one of del toro's most uninteresting performances
Rated 21 May 2010
40
12th
A very successful remake in the sense that it portrays "gypsies", women etc. as if this was shot 70 years ago. Nice sets but they don't really get the screen time they deserve.
Rated 07 Jun 2010
65
58th
Predictable and lightweight, but not unentertaining. With nice art direction and a very talented cast, it is in many ways just as fun as you might hope. You came to see the wolfman tear through villagers like chicken nuggets and that's exactly what the film delivers. The psychiatric exhibition scene is especially satisfying. Bonus: the ending also made everyone at my house howl with laughter, even though I don't think that was the intention.
Rated 18 Jul 2010
30
1st
Rubbish.
Rated 30 Jun 2010
3
19th
(Unrated Cut)
Rated 19 Nov 2012
45
13th
Poorly executed, unnecassary remake
Rated 28 Oct 2010
0
7th
Nice sets. (Particularly liked the train compartment and Sir John's dining hall.) No thrills at all. Waste of time in general. Did not die of boredom but felt absolutely nothing.
Rated 11 Dec 2013
92
55th
I believe for the sheer thrill of great special effect and make-up this makes a worth watch.
Rated 14 Dec 2010
1
0th
By pandering to the Avatar market's debased taste and indifference to storytelling details, this technically polished, emotionally crude remake sets back the advances that once had been made in horror movies.

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