Brotherhood of the Wolf Critic Reviews

The picture has a daring attention-span deficit and an epic silliness that can be awesomely entertaining.Read the full review

It's impossible not to admire what, apart from "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," may be the most ambitious action film since "The Matrix."Read the full review

One of the five most popular films of the year in France, "Wolf" is a cross-cultural hoot that no one should take too seriously.Read the full review

A zestful genre outing, and then some, right up its final overkill.Read the full review

I would be lying if I did not admit that this is all, in its absurd and overheated way, entertaining.Read the full review

Never pretends to be something that it isn't. Oh, there are costumes, to be sure, but that's just to facilitate the setting of the 18th century. Anyone who mistakes this for a costume drama is not aware of what kind of film they have ventured into.Read the full review

A little Sergio Leone here, a little "Sleepy Hollow" there, a grand helping of late royal-era Gaul with its wigs and finery, and, uh, martial arts-style confrontations galore are all deftly melded in Brotherhood of the Wolf.Read the full review

This is one of those follies that go beyond pesky, bourgeois notions of ''good'' and ''bad.''Read the full review

Must we import the rubbish we export?Read the full review