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Metascore
6 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 50Slant MagazineDerek SmithSlant MagazineDerek SmithThe film is all surface, and its depiction of trauma becomes increasingly exploitative and hollow as it moves along.
- 50The A.V. ClubThe A.V. ClubA gloomy psychological thriller interested in the distinct paranoia of a woman living in self-exile in the South Bronx.
- 50The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe result is a sometimes punishingly theatrical experiment that teeters on the verge of surreality, transfixing us with the promise of something terrible lurking just beyond those ratty curtains.
- 50RogerEbert.comTomris LafflyRogerEbert.comTomris LafflyOn the whole, his (Griffin) indecisive The Wolf Hour tick-tocks its way to an underwhelming finale. And when it gets there, the most shocking realization you’ll have is how forgettable an affair it all has been.
- 40Los Angeles TimesNoel MurrayLos Angeles TimesNoel MurrayWatts is plenty convincing as someone well past the brink of a psychotic break, but The Wolf Hour takes too long to get properly cranked up. This movie is mostly just mood-setting, with much more going on in the background than the foreground.