All this could have been a lot of fun, especially as Nicholson has a face made for wolfish grins. But, though there is a fleeting return to humor at the end, Wolf never recovers from its makers' decision to try to make it serious and scary.

| Jan 10, 2023

It's an extremely mature werewolf movie... The film is actually kind of funny.

| Original Score: B | Oct 8, 2020

The film isn't a waste of time, and works rather well for about two- thirds of its length as a comedy of business life. For a horror film or a serious exploration of the divided nature of modern man, you need to look elsewhere.

| Nov 15, 2017

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.

| Apr 12, 2002

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

Full Review | May 12, 2001

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

| Jan 1, 2000

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.

| Jan 1, 2000

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.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 1, 2000

It's a wonderfully entertaining and beautifully performed film.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 1, 2000

Nichols tries mightily to put a new spin on a very old tale, but try as he might, he never gets much off the ground.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jan 1, 2000

| Original Score: B- | Jun 17, 1994