WOLF MAN (2025) Movie Review | Leigh Whannell | Christopher Abbott | Julia Garner

[@mattyman5dodge101]

"The sound design was effective" is the new "She has a great personality."

[@rightchordleadership]

Exactly

[@politefan8141]

It is one of those things you only notice when it's done badly.

[@squatch545]

I think Alonso would make a great Wolf Man. He could be a silver-haired Timber Wolf Man.

[@rakshitraina224]

😂

[@michaelmahon8093]

Google the Dad in Teen Wolf 1985 🫣🫣🫣🫣

[@tlovehater]

Wolfman with great hair

[@AllInTheGame01]

Consensus seems to be that it's not as good as Whanell's previous in The Invisible Man & Upgrade, would still be an interesting choice as Director (with Mike Flanagan's script) for the DCU Clayface movie.

[@matheuslascasas134]

YES! I heard this somewhere and I thought it was just perfect. I just don’t know if Whannell is cool with directing stuff that he didn’t write. But yeah, it’d be a absolutely perfect match

[@kwalton7690]

I actually was planning on seeing this this weekend but I saw the reviews and got recommendations for One of Them Days and going to see that tomorrow instead.

[@michaelgreene4816]

You watched Dan Murrell right?

[@kwalton7690]

@@michaelgreene4816 Yep! Saw it today and really enjoyed it!

[@ShesInLosAngeles]

Love the Maria Ouspenskaya reference. 👍🏼🤣

[@MarcosIsABaritone]

A 5.3!? Dayyum, Ms. Christy! That's some Russian, Olympic judge scoring 😅😂

[@commandZee]

I like the actors, so I've been trying to convince myself to go see this, but really, I can wait for it to be free to stream. I think it's just The Brutalist for me this January.

[@BreakfastAllDay]

A much better use of your time!

[@michaelgreene4816]

A much better use of your day.

[@El_oh7199]

I think that making the family fractured from the start hampered any emotional connection we should have with these characters. The Fly was evidently an influence on Whannell. In that movie we always feel Geena Davis' heartbreak and horror as she watches the man she cares about become a no monster. In Wolf Man, i never thought that this family unit was terribly close to one another

[@musicmann1967]

Okay, I have to admit, I agree with you both 100%. It hurts, because I'm a big fan of Leigh Whannell. I'm also a fan of Christopher Abbott (and Julia Garner too) At times I found myself not paying attention and kind of drifting off. Very weird. I think Christy is right when she says it's a bit boring. Once the transformations start taking place, it does get better. But even still, a little disapponting overall. It's "okay". Hats off to the sound design, as mentioned! There's a scene in the opening where father and son are out in mountain wilderness and some thunder happens. The way they mixed the sound, the thunder slowly rolled from the left side of the theater to the right side. And it sounded like it was above us, up in the sky too! Simple but very effective and immersive.

[@alascity-jorgesantacruz]

i can't stop laughing every time you do the the decimals... 6.6, 5.4 hahahahahah

[@BreakfastAllDay]

We like to be specific here!

[@thedashboard9562]

I do want to see this, but I'll temper my expectations. I do want to ask, is this a case of the werewolf design being too much man and not enough wolf? I don't know why a good werewolf look has been so hard to pull off when it's been done well in the past.

[@masterofallgoons]

I'll always wonder what th Ryan Gosling Wolfman movie directed by Derek Cianfrance would have been.

[@stephennootens916]

Bland is perhaps the most positive thing I have heard about this Wolfman movie which stinks because I was hoping it was going to be as good as the invisible man. Maybe it was too high of a hope that they would knock out another great new take on a classic monster.

[@marcusmoore76]

It still could be good for you. Stop comparing it to the invisible man. I don't think that's fair to the director.

[@cariboubearmalachy1174]

Are we expected to know the name Maria Ouskenskaya?

[@thisisevan1]

Nah, Wolf Man isn't even good for January. And here's why: - Opening sequence requires the boy to suddenly become deaf and blind, just for the sake of a cheap jumpscare. - Opening sequence also inexplicably requires the military vet father who is very skilled with hunting, choose not to shoot his rifle at a key moment. It's poorly staged and it's completely indefensible. - Later on in the film, when the family is trying to flee and they end up on top of the giant greenhouse tent, the staging / physics of that scene is completely nonsensical when the rips & tears happen. - Less of a big deal but still eye-roll worthy.... The 'identity' of the Wolf Man can literally only be one of two characters, and the big payoff of who it is, is so anti-climactic, even though the movie tries to present it as a big reveal / plot point. If it were the other character, that would've been even worse. - What Christy refers to as an "inside joke" between the daughter and father, came off funny in the wrong way to most people in the theater I saw it with. It was meant to be an "awwww cute" callback, but it instead caused a groan-chuckle. - The final shot... puzzlingly awful. I was thoroughly shocked that Leigh Whannell, of all people, co-wrote AND directed this misfire. It's not bad enough to make the "Worst Movies of 2025" list, but it's still a bad movie, and easily Whannell's biggest stinker.

[@danielbarrero2815]

Damn, I was hoping this movie would be better

[@Sav_Warfare]

Big man on the right looks like teen wolfs dad when he changed. Dont worry...i hit the like button

[@PhoenixFit2024]

Thanks for giving this one an honest review. This was yet another movie where the early reviewers (from inside reviewers) who were talking about just how amazing this was. Well now…real folks are seeing this and saying it’s an ok movie is probably being generous. This movie was yet another Blumhouse dumpster fire and they yet again were getting industry plants to pimp out this movie. This movie was BAD. Full Stop - and as audiences we just have to stop rewarding these garbage companies (Blumhouse)

[@day1filmfan]

Good for January idk. For my birthday last weekend I went and saw Brutalist and Den of Thieves 2 both which I thought were a bit disappointing. At least I got to have brunch with 16 people and went to casino to see Commanders game. I thought this was alright but way too predictable trailer gave away the gist of it. Gonna go see One of Them Days and Grand Theft Hamlet tomorrow since I've heard good things about both despite not having much interest in either.

[@ElimRem]

I was expecting the same abusive relationship metaphor as in the invisible man . the trailer made it look that way

[@BreakfastAllDay]

Ah, interesting. It is not that.

[@jmason61]

Sounds like it's pretty okay if just for the creepy factor... strange things happen up in there

[@reader2012]

The movie was just, very simple? Like, everything was progressing so quick yet the movie felt rather slow. It didn’t really have a “shocking” moment with the transformation that you associate with werewolves, it was too grounded I guess?

[@yiarkungfu]

Does Bigfoot make an appearance? He does hangout is that neighborhood.

[@andyscott1608]

It was a great movie

[@leftyla]

FIRST! Ugh....oh my god, i've become "that" guy.

[@Aus10-1]

Dude this movie was horrible

[@EppyGibbon]

I did not love it. Some good elements throughout but overall I was very underwhelmed. Good performances and some interesting effects but I thought it was a bit flat as both a horror and a family drama.

[@docsamson198]

Making a mediocre wolf man movie should be illegal in all 50 states. Thanks C&A!

[@jasoncarrick5461]

The 2 leads are definitely what stood out to me, both ok actors but miscast together. I don't buy them as a couple.

[@MasonGrant0704]

It was decent but no need to run out and see it. 6/10

[@bleuthold]

yeah I don't think Ryan Gosling would've saved this one

[@BreakfastAllDay]

Even he is not Kenough.

[@michaelgreene4816]

That has to be Christy.

[@robcrosby6843]

This was such a disappointment. I loved The Invisible Man and had high hopes given Leigh Whannell's involvement. I can see the parts of a better movie but the characters are so thin. A film this dull makes me appreciate what The Invisible Man and Cronenberg's The Fly do so well.

[@Jsizzle6809]

Werewolf movies are my absolute fav. This wasn’t a full-on 4 legged savage beast transformation but I was pleasantly surprised how much I enjoyed it. I was on the edge of my seat for most of the movie. I need more new werewolf movies! Lot more!

[@halloweenevillivesyoutubec2396]

To me it was originally a zombie movie plot, but they slapped wolfman title on to it

[@BreakfastAllDay]

That is a good theory.

[@jorgecarquez3876]

lots of tension....great

[@SAM-MME]

This is his worst film and compared to invisible man it’s a disappointment. That being said it’s a decent film compared to other January horror films and Chris abbot was incredible.

[@bradstafford1401]

You're way better than Wolfman, Christy.

[@BonzoKilbourn]

"British of course." Why do American actors get so much disrespect?

[@BonzoKilbourn]

I saw a werewolf with a Chinese menu in his hand Walking through the streets of SoHo in the rain He was looking for the place called Lee Ho Fook's Gonna get a big dish of beef chow mein Ah-hoo, werewolves of London Ah-hoo Ah-hoo, werewolves of London Ah-hoo

[@joelsnyder5866]

What are the things I will say it’s better than a lot of you guys are saying it is And this is probably one of the first times I’ve ever said that I did see it in imax so maybe that was a good thing too Yes, the character building is quick, but I disagree that you don’t care about them

[@mattjazzfan2288]

Just judging by the trailer it looks like a shapeless mess that doesn’t know what it wants to be

[@charleswind8298]

Movie was horrible.

[@robbiemccann6056]

Never ending bore

[@Nobody-s2r]

Snooze man

[@Bozek10]

I didn't like invisible man at all. It was METOO, Lifetime nonsense. The director said his inspiration for the wolfman's look was the joker. Since when does a clown have anything to do with a wolf.