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Catherine HardwickeScreenplay:
David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrickCinematography:
Mandy WalkerCast:
Amanda Seyfried, Gary Oldman, Lukas Haas, Virginia Madsen, Billy Burke, Michael Shanks, Julie Christie, Shiloh Fernandez, Michael Hogan, Darren Shahlavi (more)Plots(1)
Valerie (Seyfried) is a beautiful young woman torn between two men. She is in love with a brooding outsider, Peter (Fernandez), but her parents have arranged for her to marry the wealthy Henry (Irons). Unwilling to lose each other, Valerie and Peter are planning to run away together when they learn that Valerie's older sister has been killed by the werewolf that prowls the dark forest surrounding their village. For years, the people have maintained an uneasy truce with the beast, offering the creature a monthly animal sacrifice. But under a blood red moon, the wolf has upped the stakes by taking a human life. Hungry for revenge, the people call on famed werewolf hunter, Father Solomon (Oldman), to help them kill the wolf. But Solomon's arrival brings unintended consequences as he warns that the wolf, who takes human form by day, could be any one of them. As the death toll rises with each moon... (official distributor synopsis)
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Apparently, European classics are not good enough for those raised on Disney shows, which is why they have chosen to bend European culture to their image. One of the dark fairy tales by the brothers Grimm was turned into an emo film that will make American prepubescent girls and housewives want to touch their naughty bits. What I found funny was the blatant critique of denunciation, obscurantism, and the presumption of guilt. It’s precisely these three issues that are integral to the genetic makeup of every true American patriot and are now exported worldwide with great success. The film was really dull, and both of the two suitors of the big-eyed protagonist were as wooden as an old sea wolf's prosthesis, but I wanted to be nice and give a one-star rating after all, but the botched ending made me change my mind. / Lesson learned: An asshole in times of need is an asshole indeed.
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Yes, sometimes I have slightly masochistic tendencies and wander into cinematic realms that are as close to my heart as Shakespeare is to Steven Seagal. It was a little less stupid than the genre-related Twilight, but that was only because of the colourful production design, something that could be described as "plot", and Gary Oldman's character, who probably needed to pay the rent for the year ahead. On a side note, I still don't understand Leonardo DiCaprio's name in the "producer" column.
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