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Company of Wolves, The (1984) Rank 5 Reviews
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TV Guide Entertainment Network, Movie Guide
The most innovative, intelligent, and visually sumptuous horror film of recent years. Not a traditional werewolf movie, this film explores the psychosexual undercurrents of the classic "Little Red Riding Hood" fairy tale. Taking place almost entirely in ...read the complete Company of Wolves movie review at TV Guide Entertainment Network, Movie Guide
DVD Talk (D.K. Holm)
Jordan, in his second film, shot The Company of Wolves almost entirely on a studio set, with all the control that implies, and with what was, or what came to be, an all-star cast, that also includes Stephen Rea, David Warner, and Terence Stamp. ...read the complete Company of Wolves movie review at DVD Talk (D.K. Holm)
SF, Horror and Fantasy Film Review
Angela Carter was an intriguing writer who has quite a following. Almost all of Carter's fiction falls within the fantasy genre. In her work Carter deconstructed classic fantasy themes through a net of feminism, literary criticism and ...read the complete Company of Wolves movie review at SF, Horror and Fantasy Film Review
David Dalgleish
In recent years, there has been a trend in the field of fantasy: writers have been revisiting the fertile world of myth and fairy tale and reclaiming that world, investing it with new life and energy. In modern times, fairy tales have become Disneyfied ...read the complete Company of Wolves movie review at David Dalgleish
David Dalgleish
In recent years, there has been a trend in the field of fantasy: writers have been revisiting the fertile world of myth and fairy tale and reclaiming that world, investing it with new life and energy. In modern times, fairy tales have become Disneyfied ...read the complete Company of Wolves movie review at David Dalgleish
DVD Talk (Joshua Zyber)
A beautiful but long-neglected item, Neil Jordan's early gem The Company of Wolves finally gets a respectable DVD treatment, even if only in Region 2. For region-free viewers this release is highly recommended. Unfortunately, I doubt the indie label ...read the complete Company of Wolves movie review at DVD Talk (Joshua Zyber)
UHM - review
I heard a lot of positive stuff on this werewolf film and I decided to check it for myself and I guess I had my hopes up or something, because I was pretty let down. ...read the complete Company of Wolves movie review at UHM - review
TV Guide's Movie Guide (--)
A stunning surprise from the otherwise sedate '80s British film industry: the most innovative, intelligent and visually sumptuous horror movies in years. ...read the complete Company of Wolves movie review at TV Guide's Movie Guide (--)
Sci-Fi Movie Page (James O'Ehley)
This revision of "Little Red Riding Hood" is not your usual fairy tale. ...read the complete Company of Wolves movie review at Sci-Fi Movie Page (James O'Ehley)
Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
"A wolf is sometimes much more than he seems."-- GrannyThe key word there is "he." There are no female wolves in this film, or at least not in the leading roles. The wolves are all male, ...read the complete Company of Wolves movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
A wolf is sometimes much more than he seems. -GrannyThe key word there is "he." There are no female wolves in this film, or at least not in the leading roles. The wolves are all male, and ...read the complete Company of Wolves movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
DVD Times - Special Edition
The film is essentially an amalgam of several of Angela Carter's short stories, taken from her collection 'The Bloody Chamber', which reinterpreted various fairytales with a decidedly feminist and overtly sexual twist. ...read the complete Company of Wolves movie review at DVD Times - Special Edition
Teen Movie Critic (Roger Davidson)
The art direction, costumes, cinematography and special effects stay true to the nightmare vision the filmakers had in mind, but most of the story (especially the ending) leaves something to be desired. ...read the complete Company of Wolves movie review at Teen Movie Critic (Roger Davidson)
Time Out
Rarely has this Gothic landscape of the imagination been so perfectly conveyed by film; there is simply a precise, resonant portrayal of a young girl's immersion in fantasies where sexuality is both fearful and seductive. ...read the complete Company of Wolves movie review at Time Out
British Horror Films
Made at a time when the British were coming (alledgedly), the intervening years have not been kind to Company Of Wolves. ...read the complete Company of Wolves movie review at British Horror Films
Close-Up Film (Jean Lynch)
In a loosely structured tale which merges real life with the fantastic imagery of fairy tales and dreams, a pubescent young girl, Rosaleen (Patterson) stays with her Grandmother (Lansbury), following the strange death of her sister, Alice. Granny is full ...read the complete Company of Wolves movie review at Close-Up Film (Jean Lynch)
Edinburgh U Film Society (Iain Harral)
This is ceratinly no Disney fairy tale: the strange fantasy world imagined and explored by the pre-pubescent Red Riding Hood figure is just as likely to terrfiy as seduce. ...read the complete Company of Wolves movie review at Edinburgh U Film Society (Iain Harral)
Doug Pratt's Laserdisc Review
The text-conscious Freudian adaptation of Little Red Riding Hood is crammed with images and moody subplots that encourage or even demand multiple viewings. In honor of its source, Neil Jordan's movie is bloody as all get out, with dog heads popping out ...read the complete Company of Wolves movie review at Doug Pratt's Laserdisc Review
BFI Screen Online
Despite her blossoming sexual awareness, Rosaleen fears marriage and adult responsibilities. ...read the complete Company of Wolves movie review at BFI Screen Online
Cinepassion.org
"Never stray from the path, never eat a windfall apple, and never trust a man whose eyebrows meet in the middle," warns Granny (Angela Lansbury) to Sarah Patterson's pre-pubescent Little Red Riding Hood, but how can she stick to any advice when her buddin ...read the complete Company of Wolves movie review at Cinepassion.org
Foster on Film - Werewolves
A young, teenage girl, Rosaleen (Sarah Patterson), dealing poorly both physically and mentally with the onset of menstruation, dreams of a dark, fairytale world where werewolves are a constant threat. In the dream, her father (David Warner) hunts the ...read the complete Company of Wolves movie review at Foster on Film - Werewolves
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