Wolf (2021) Movie Review
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and welcome back to my channel movie files elliott
back again with a brand new movie review and today
we’re discussing a new drama by the name of wolf a
movie i’m really excited to share my thoughts with
you all and let you know if it’s worth checking
out in theaters on december 3rd all in this
spoiler-free review before we break it all down
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into wolf i saw the trailer a couple months ago
very intrigued number one i’m a george mckay fan
i thought he was great in 1917 but it was in the
trailer that really kind of piqued my interest
okay i know that there are people in our real
world that do have this this i can’t think of the
actual disease i’ll leave
there are people that do think they’re animals so
i really want to kind of see what does the film
have to say about those people how did they get in
that position do they break out of it do they stay
in that mindset so that was really my kind of
intrigue about this film so let’s kick things off
my positives and i gotta say seeing the trailer
and knowing that george mckay was in this film
he did not disappoint from me i thought that
he was fantastic he was the best part of the
film from being honest not only does he transform
himself into a wolf in his film like i can only
imagine the hours he spent in research and how to
walk like a wolf how to howl like a wolf and all
the different stuff like that so that stuff the
body transformation just kind of put himself in
like a what a person who thinks their wolf would
look like he’s great in that but it’s the jacob
character he is a young man that is struggling to
figure out who he is is he a boy is he a wolf can
he be two of the same i love the journey that he
goes on in this film but also his chemistry with
lily rose depp who i have been pretty impressed
with i’ve seen only two other movies of hers
one being the king with timzy chalamet very
small role but something i remembered and she
was in this really it was either this year last
year it’s called the voyagers it was like a why
a sci-fi movie the film was terrible but she
was actually pretty solid and she continues
that momentum in this film as she plays a person
that’s in this clinic and she is a young girl that
i believe she’s a cat so just seeing her and
jacob kind of fall into this friendship that
becomes something a little bit more serious and
just seeing if they can coexist with one another
was a really good story within the film and
then there’s another character by the name of
the zookeeper who’s one of the the lead doctors in
this clinic who’s played by patty constantine and
i’m telling you all right now the zookeeper is a
terrible human being he is his methods is okay if
you believe you’re a squirrel let me see you climb
that tree not like a human but like a squirrel if
you don’t do so he’s gonna punish you so there is
a lot of hatred that i have for that character but
patty i’ve always been a fan of his actor he’s
like absolutely fantastic you are going to hate
him in this film once you all see it so i thought
that those three main performances were fantastic
and i thought the film was truly at its best when
it explored the thing that intrigued me in this
film was okay we see this clinic we meet these
other characters girl that thinks she sees a horse
a boy that thinks that he’s a golden retriever
what gets them in that mindset how are they as
people what was it that happened to them at
a young age and when the film focuses on that
i think that that’s when the film has the best
dramatic elements some of the best performances
but then that leads me to my criticism because
there’s just not enough of that in the film
we’re not really there’s really not a overall arc
for a lot of our characters and yes we get like
this ending that you know i don’t want to spoil
anything that you know gives our main character
an arc but what about the other characters how
they get in that position why are we learning more
about this disease and how people can maybe learn
to coexist with this disease or kind of come back
into society so i don’t think the film focused
too much on that narrative as well as i thought
the direction was just kind of very stagnant i
didn’t feel like there was much flair or again
not much to say about this particular disease that
these people are suffering with in this film and
the only thing that the film really kind of gives
you is kind of in a way animal cruelty because
again these characters these actors they’re
they’re portraying these characters that portray
themselves as animals and we’re seeing these
people doing these crazy methods treating them
very terribly but i just wish the film had more to
say than just showing you how people that are in
the position of the doctors how they think that
they are stupid or incompetent or just terrible
people because they think that their animals not
really diving deep so why they think that way so
i thought the film had a huge missed opportunity
to really explore the psyche of these characters
and really flesh out the psychology of how these
people think they’re animals so i thought the
film kind of had a huge mis-opportunity in
that narrative so overall before i give you
my thoughts if you haven’t already make sure
to like share comment and subscribe wolf does
have a fascinating premise with some really good
performances but unfortunately it drops the ball
on really exploring what makes these people do
what they’re doing and really kind of get into the
head space of how they can maybe be how they can
maybe break out of that cycle how they can maybe
co-exist with society it really doesn’t explode
that element which is kind of a disappointment for
me so with all that being said i’m gonna give wolf
a 2.8 out of five i don’t think it’s something you
have to rush out to go see in theaters but
hey if it is available on a netflix on hulu
and you want to maybe see a really good
performance and a really interesting concept
but doesn’t execute the concept then maybe give
it a watch but if not i don’t think you’re really
missing things but that’s just my thoughts
if you all have seen wolf let me know your
positives let me know your negatives and let’s
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