Variety has posted their review of the long-delayed Universal remake of “The Wolfman.”
“Why so serious?” would be an excellent question to direct at the makers of “The Wolfman,” a high-toned, bloody but otherwise bloodless effort to resurrect one of Universal’s venerable horror franchises for modern times. Approaching the matted-haired genre with a straight-faced studiousness befitting a bigscreen version of the Dead Sea Scrolls, director Joe Johnston & Co. know how to startle with innumerable shock cuts but don’t know how to build tension and intrigue, or how to approach the job with a sense of fun and relish. Long-delayed and reworked Oedipal take on the lycanthropic condition should take a meaty opening-weekend B.O. bite, but long-term prospects will certainly fall short of what must have been imagined when the project was launched.
You can read the rest of the review HERE.
alibertarian says
I was planning to go tomorrow but my son (age 21) went this evening. He says it is slow with too many “loose ends”. Almost plodding.
So when’s the drawing for the DVD here on Slice?
lows says
I snored, I slept, I enjoyed the popcorn. Pass on this one folks.
Tim