88
Charlotte Observer by Lawrence Toppman
The picture shatters all genre conventions.
Brotherhood of the Wolf (Le Pacte des loups)
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- France
- 2001
- · 137m
Director
Christophe Gans
Cast
Samuel Le Bihan,
Vincent Cassel,
Émilie Dequenne,
Monica Bellucci,
Jérémie Renier,
Mark Dacascos
Genre
Action,
Adventure,
History,
Horror
During the French Revolution, Marquis d'Apcher writes his memoirs in his castle. He recounts a tale from 1764 when a mysterious beast terrorized the province of Gévaudan. Grégoire de Fronsac, a knight of King Louis XV of France, and his Iroquois companion Mani, are sent by the king to capture the beast.
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What are critics saying?
80
Village Voice by Michael Atkinson
It's easily the most disarming and inventive movie made for genre geeks in years.
80
The New York Times by A.O. Scott
The picture has a daring attention-span deficit and an epic silliness that can be awesomely entertaining.
80
Los Angeles Times by Kenneth Turan
One of the five most popular films of the year in France, "Wolf" is a cross-cultural hoot that no one should take too seriously.
80
The A.V. Club by Keith Phipps
It's impossible not to admire what, apart from "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," may be the most ambitious action film since "The Matrix."
80
Chicago Reader by Lisa Alspector
Provides glorious escapism without asking you to turn your brain off.
80
Film Threat by Evan Erwin
The film has a wonderful style and a sense of movement that barely slows down for its two and a half hours.
75
New York Daily News by Jami Bernard
An eye-pleasing French action-slasher film that is cheerfully unencumbered by the usual conventions of stuffy costume drama.
75
Chicago Sun-Times by Roger Ebert
I would be lying if I did not admit that this is all, in its absurd and overheated way, entertaining.
75
Boston Globe by Jay Carr
A zestful genre outing, and then some, right up its final overkill.
63
Philadelphia Inquirer by Steven Rea
The perfect film for anyone who likes their headbutting and kickboxing dressed up in gold brocade, frilly collars, and tri-cornered caps. And isn't that all of us?
58
Seattle Post-Intelligencer by Sean Axmaker
At 140 minutes, the film becomes a humorless, long-winded spectacle.
50
Miami Herald by René Rodríguez
Lacks the one element that the filmmakers were most desperately aiming for: A genuine sense of fun.
50
Baltimore Sun by Chris Kaltenbach
It's mindless, which is rarely true of French cinema, dull, which is rarely true of Hong Kong films, and portentous, which shouldn't be true of any film about a man-eating dog.
30
Wall Street Journal by Joe Morgenstern
If only Brotherhood of the Wolf had the wit and grace to match its exceptional physical beauty.
30
New York Magazine (Vulture) by Peter Rainer
An exuberantly garish French movie.
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