Sure, it's more sinister and gory (ridiculously so at times), but Del Toro's acting is a standout.

| Original Score: B+ | Sep 11, 2017

When the beast finally bursts forth, the character becomes, for the most part, a digitally augmented blur - there's no room for a performance underneath all the 0s and 1s.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Nov 17, 2011

Flounders in its stabs at epic action-horror grandeur.

| Original Score: C- | Jun 28, 2010

This is the rare blockbuster that offers its characters - and its audience - no shelter.

| Original Score: C+ | Feb 18, 2010

An uneven tone and the feeling of too many cooks mars the finished product, but there are moments of beauty and real terror.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Feb 16, 2010

With its mist-shrouded sets, gruesome slaughter and copious CGI, this is a surprisingly respectful updating of the 1941 Universal original.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 16, 2010

Del Toro looks about as dangerous as an urban fox snoozing in a compost bin and Blunt seems to be suffering from some residual Victorian queenliness. Looking in the mirror afterwards, I seemed pale from weariness.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Feb 16, 2010

The Wolfman delivers plenty of scares and an abundance of eviscerations, but director Joe Johnston doesn't take the film anywhere unexpected.

Full Review | Feb 16, 2010

Digital delirium makes up for lack of plot novelty.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 16, 2010

The magic appears to have deserted Mr Baker, because at the appearance of the hirsute fiend what I heard in the stalls wasn't gasps of horror but giggles of mirth.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Feb 16, 2010

This has bags of visual flair and mystery so fans of classic horror should find it a suitably atmospheric watch.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 16, 2010

The problem with this modern version of the old tale, however, is that it's basically a load of codswallop we can no longer swallow without choking.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Feb 16, 2010

Like Wuthering Heights meets Chewbacca with a migraine.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Feb 16, 2010

To say there is nothing new about The Wolfman is to miss the fact that this is its charm.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 14, 2010

What's missing from The Wolfman is what's hard to put on paper -- tension, suspense, emotion -- the elements needed to make this rather simple story go from more of a mild entertainment to something truly memorable.

| Feb 12, 2010

Actors fulminate and masticate, spit, scowl and sob; what a gas it is to watch them overact with joy and conviction.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Feb 12, 2010

An ill-considered, utterly unnecessary remake.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Feb 12, 2010

The Wolfman, hokey and uneven though it is, [has] the kind of authentic emotional hook that too many horror movies today don't have.

| Original Score: B | Feb 12, 2010

Benicio Del Toro pulls off a nifty trick in The Wolfman: He makes turning into a werewolf look as dull as doing your taxes.

| Original Score: C- | Feb 12, 2010

Anthony Hopkins portrays Sir John Talbot. Benicio Del Toro is prodigal son Lawrence. That's a great deal of acting sinew for an oddly anemic outing.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Feb 12, 2010