Rotten
While it's a painless watch, "Wolves" looks comparatively bland as an adolescent male answer to Canada's last notable bigscreen werewolf effort, the femme-focused "Ginger Snaps" franchise.
Dennis Harvey, Variety
Overview
The coming-of-age story of Cayden Richards. Forced to hit the road after the murder of his parents, Cayden wanders lost without purpose... Until he meets a certifiable lunatic named Wild Joe who sets him on a path to the ominous town of Lupine Ridge to hunt down the truths of his history. But in the end, who's really hunting whom?
Director and cast
- David Hayter Director
- Lucas Till as Cayden Richards
- Jason Momoa as Connor
- John Pyper-Ferguson as Wild Joe
- Stephen McHattie as John Tollerman
- Merritt Patterson as Angelina Timmins
- Janet-Laine Green as Clara Tollerman
- Melanie Scrofano as Gail Timmins
- Kaitlyn Leeb as Lisa Stewart
- Adam Butcher as Deke
- Philip Maurice Hayes as Kino
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
16%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Swoopy-haired star Lucas Till makes for a credible young western-style hero, but even he's upended by the often silly, inconsistent story.
Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times
Rotten
Wolves limps along with a clunker of a script and unremarkable effects.
Linda Barnard, Toronto Star
Rotten
As unoriginal as its title, David Hayter's "Wolves" is yet another hoary, hairy transformation narrative featuring lycanthropy as a metaphor for coming of age.
Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times
Fresh
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.
Jordan Hoffman, New York Daily News
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