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The Playlist by Drew Taylor
It’s bold, beautifully told, and surprisingly funny.
Big Bad Wolves (מי מפחד מהזאב הרע)
Critic Rating
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- Israel
- 2013
- · 106m
Directors
Navot Papushado,
Aharon Keshales
Cast
Lior Ashkenazi,
Tzahi Grad,
Rotem Keinan,
Doval'e Glickman,
Menashe Noy,
Dvir Benedek
Genre
Comedy,
Crime,
Horror,
Thriller
A teacher suspected of murdering a little girl has successfully evaded arrest due to lack of evidence. But the girl's father is out for revenge, and a vigilante detective is not ready to let go of the case. Working separately, the two men plan to abduct and torture the suspect to get a confession out of him.
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What are critics saying?
100
The Hollywood Reporter by Frank Scheck
Featuring superb performances by the principal actors, Big Bad Wolves is mesmerizing from start to finish.
100
Empire by Kim Newman
Even if you think you've seen this story too often, Big Bad Wolves will surprise and enthrall. A thriller which bites deep, it has a light touch which finds humanity even in the worst horrors.
87
Film.com by William Goss
A masterfully queasy blend of dark humor and darker humanity.
80
Total Film
Brutally simple and brilliantly told, channeling everything from the Coens to Korean masters to create a blood-curdling black comedy.
80
Time Out London by Nigel Floyd
Big Bad Wolves requires a high tolerance for pain, but its wicked humour and oblique satire rip open Israel's paranoid, militarised system like a jagged saw blade.
80
New York Daily News by Jordan Hoffman
Israeli directors Aharon Keshales and Navot Papushado take a classic ethical debate and turn it into a dark — and darkly funny — thriller, which Quentin Tarantino named the best film of 2013.
80
Total Film by Matt Glasby
Brutally simple and brilliantly told, channeling everything from the Coens to Korean masters to create a blood-curdling black comedy.
75
McClatchy-Tribune News Service by Roger Moore
Many moments will make you avert your eyes.
75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto) by Liam Lacey
While Big Bad Wolves delivers the Hostel-like torture jolts with ruthless precision, the movie is also a rudely funny satire of a macho, paranoid culture where the protection of children is used to justify any conduct.
75
The A.V. Club by A.A. Dowd
Believe it or not, some of this mayhem—muscularly orchestrated by directors Aharon Keshales and Navot Papushado, who made 2010’s "Rabies" — does provoke laughter.
63
Slant Magazine by Nick Schager
From a purely suspenseful vantage point, Big Bad Wolves is an efficient and effective beast.
60
The Guardian by Mike McCahill
The actors lend it a sick heft, and there are droll, region-specific footnotes...but one senses the sniggering film-makers playing variably funny games with our phobia of pedophiles, rather than having anything lasting to say about it.
50
Variety by Justin Chang
The filmmakers’ undeniable chops and bizarre tonal shifts fail to transform the material into anything more than a stylishly gruesome exercise.
40
The Telegraph by Robbie Collin
Aharon Keshales and Navot Papushado, the two-man writer-director team, are swinging at serious targets here... But their point soon wears itself out, and what remains is schlock with airs and tired black humour.
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