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Wolf

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Time Out says

Quite frankly, it's hard to fathom why exactly anyone would have wanted to make this slick, glossy, but utterly redundant werewolf movie. Okay, maybe Nicholson sympathised with his Will Randall, a middle-aged New York book editor anxious about his job and his marriage, who finds his powers and senses not only restored but greatly sharpened when he's bitten by a wolf he ran into with his car. And maybe Spader, as Randall's smarmy, back-stabbing colleague Swinton, reckoned here was a juicy, villainous part to sink his teeth into. But for Pfeiffer - as Randall's love interest Laura - there's little of substance, while Nichols makes it clear that directing a horror movie was the last thing on his mind. Even make-up wiz Rick Baker is stymied by the air of restraint. Overall, this is needlessly polished nonsense: not awful; just toothless, gutless and bloodless.
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Release Details

  • Duration:125 mins

Cast and crew

  • Director:Mike Nichols
  • Screenwriter:Jim Harrison, Wesley Strick, Elaine May
  • Cast:
    • Jack Nicholson
    • Christopher Plummer
    • Eileen Atkins
    • Michelle Pfeiffer
    • Madhur Jaffrey
    • Om Puri
    • Richard Jenkins
    • James Spader
    • Prunella Scales
    • Kate Nelligan
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