Based on the 1941 horror classic, "The Wolfman" is as dark and cold as the moors where it takes place. Starring Benicio Del Toro as Lawrence Talbot, who eventually becomes the titular character, this film is too serious to be taken seriously. The movie is devoid of any of the fun you would come to expect from a classic creature feature. Anthony Hopkins costars as Lawrence's father, a grizzly, curmudgeonly old man with secrets to hide. His character is a rehash of other (better) characters he's played in the past, a watered-down version of the patriarch from "Legends of the Fall" with a little bit of Dr. Van Helsing from "Bram Stoker's Dracula" thrown in for good measure. Emily Blunt seems equally bored in her role, subjected to stare longingly after people and occasionally give pained, constipated looks. By making the story so dismal and dreary - not even a hint of tongue-in-cheekness is present here - the film becomes as bound to boredom as The Wolfman himself is bound to the lunar cycle.
2 out of 5 stars
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