Wolf

Wolf (1994)

  • 61% of critics liked it
    (49 reviews)

  • 42% of users liked it
    (43,093 ratings)

Jack Nicholson becomes a werewolf in this bizarre comedy-horror film directed by Mike Nichols. Nicholson plays Will Randall, a book editor with a testosterone deficit who has just been sacked at his publishing firm by a new boss, Raymond Alden (Christopher Plummer). A colleague, Stewart Swinton… More

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R, 2 hr. 5 min.
Directed By
Mike Nichols
Genres
Drama, Horror, Romance, Science Fiction & Fantasy
In Theaters
Jun 17, 1994 Wide
On DVD
Oct 21, 1997
Columbia Pictures

Critic Reviews

  • Rick Groen, Globe and Mail

    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.

  • Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

    Nichols has crafted a rapturous romantic thriller with a darkly comic subtext about what kills human values.

  • Desson Thomson, Washington Post

    Nichols has allowed Wolf to evolve from a well-mounted, supernatural drama to goofy camp.

  • Hal Hinson, Washington Post

    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.

  • Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

    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.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Directors C


    [img]http://images.rottentomatoes.com/images/user/icons/icon13.gif[/img] Jack Nicholson is totally commmited into his role and is probably the best part of this horror flick. Well it wasn't scary at all so I wouldn't actually call it horror. I enjoyed the premise of Wolf… More

  • moon r


    Mike Nichols directs this update of the wolfman myth with Jack Nicholson as the victim/monster. Here its played interestingly as sort of a desirable thing, a fountain of youth, an answer to societal submissiveness. Michelle Pfieffer adds spice as the woman drawn into it.

  • Curtis L


    Hm. Not great for sure, but not terrible. The end was pretty dumb.

  • Anthony L


    Wolf is quite dated now and it's very cheesy but take it with a pinch of salt and a knowing wink and you'll enjoy it. Mike Nichols is quite a hit and miss director but this is the first of his films where I've been right in the middle with.

  • Zach B


    Like the legends of the vampires, werewolves are one of the most abused and tainted urban Legends and folklores out there and it is hard to make one that takes the legend seriously and is able to breathe new life into it. Well, here is a film that does a damn good job about it and… More

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