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A teenage girl's coming of age comes with a terrifying twist in this spellbinding take on the werewolf legend. Since birth, Anna (Bel Powley) has been raised in isolation by a man she knows only as Daddy (Chucky star Brad Dourif) who has done everything possible to conceal the truth about the girl's origins from her. But when the teenage Anna is suddenly thrust into the real world under the protection of no-nonsense police officer Ellen (Liv Tyler), it soon becomes clear that the young woman is far from ordinary. Unable to adjust to a normal life, Anna finds herself drawn instead to the wild freedom of the forest while struggling to resist the growing bloodlust that has awakened inside her. This moodily atmospheric thriller combines supernatural scares with a myth-like tale of self discovery.
Rating
R (for violence including bloody images, language, some sexual content and teen drinking)
Director
Fritz Böhm
Studio
IFC Midnight
Writer
Fritz Böhm, Florian Eder
  • Exelente film, somehow reminiscent of Twilight which could lead to a new saga, very well done, I just think the story accelerates very fast from the middle to the end, but I'm a movie critic in what tells the movies and this is very good.
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  • subrisingly goood film. yllättävän hyvä lefffa
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  • Went into the screening not knowing anything about this film but so glad I did. Great performances, especially Bel Powley as Anna, and excellent cinematography and sound design. Definitely recommended.
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  • At first Wildling appeared to be little more than a redo of Room, only with a girl instead of a boy being confined for years on ended, but it evolved into much more than. We see the world through Bel Powley's big, inquisitive eyes, and while her adjustment to normal society feels rushed, what she does as she attempts to integrate feels realistic, as does the reactions of those around her. It gets pretty crazy towards the end, but with it being a fantasy horror film such a thing is expected, and I never felt like it went too far. The CGI is laughably bad in certain places, but the make-up is excellent, making you wonder why they didn't use more of it and less computer effects. It doesn't have too much that you won't have seen elsewhere, but its depiction of complicated issues can be viewed as a metaphor for puberty, emotional and physical maturity and being a stranger, surrounded by mystery and persecution. Give it a look if you have a chance.
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  • this is a good movie. a great take on an otherwise overdone sujet. nice.
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  • I liked the first half when things were mysterious (not so much, I shouldn't have read the plot) and interesting. After things are revealed it gets corny and even cheap. I still liked the acting though.
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  • Wonderful. Brad Dourif, as always, is spectacularly subtle.
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  • Paradoxically elegant
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  • Different species (possibly originally indigenous) hunted down to extinction by eradicating bloodlines executed by a pasty skinned alien race?
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  • This horror film and fantasy made my heart pound ferociously.
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  • It's a promising debut for Böhm, with a lot of promise. But it's a home run for Powley, who makes "Wildling" worth watching even when it shouldn't be.
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  • It's assured and unflinching, but without Powley's childlike, otherworldly quality and her offbeat beauty, the story wouldn't have worked as well as it does.
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  • An ambitious work of nightmarish fantasy ... Wildling offers up two-thirds of a magical story before devolving into action-film clichés and narrative incoherence.
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  • ... bolstered by a complex portrayal from Powley and a screenplay that smartly sidesteps fish-out-of-water clichés and instead focuses on Anna's psychological demons.
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  • As a late-night scary movie, Wildling has enough to hold the attention for 90 minutes and is entertaining for the most part.
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