Rotten
If he'd followed through, Mike Nichols might have made a brilliant picture -- seems he just couldn't bear to look a gift wolf in the mouth.
Rick Groen, Globe and Mail
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Wolf
Overview
Aging publisher Will Randall is at the end of his rope when a younger co-worker snatches his job out from under his nose. But after being bitten by a wolf, Will suddenly finds himself full of youthful vigor. As he struggles to regain his position, he becomes enthralled with Laura Alden, his former boss's daughter. And, as increasingly animal-like urges begin to overwhelm him, Randall worries that he may be turning into the creature that bit him.
Director and cast
- Mike Nichols Director
- Jack Nicholson as Will Randall
- Michelle Pfeiffer as Laura Alden
- James Spader as Stewart Swinton
- Kate Nelligan as Charlotte Randall
- Richard Jenkins as Detective Carl Bridger
- Christopher Plummer as Raymond Alden
- Eileen Atkins as Mary
- David Hyde Pierce as Roy McCallister
- Om Puri as Dr. Vijay Alezais
- Ron Rifkin as Doctor
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
62%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Nichols has crafted a rapturous romantic thriller with a darkly comic subtext about what kills human values.
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Rotten
Nichols has allowed Wolf to evolve from a well-mounted, supernatural drama to goofy camp.
Desson Thomson, Washington Post
Fresh
A sometimes shaky, always enchanting Beauty and the Beast story for grown-ups that is the very essence of smart fun -- droll, sophisticated and surprisingly, pleasingly light.
Hal Hinson, Washington Post
Fresh
An effective attempt to place a werewolf story in an incongruous setting, with the closely observed details of that setting used to make the story seem more believable.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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