An average movie

I already saw this movie, in fact, I saw it in the movie theatre when it was released, but since it was such a long time ago, I thought I might as well check it out again. In fact, I remember it very well, before this movie was released, there was quite a buzz about it but, eventually, even though it made some decent business at the box-office, it wasn't really well received at the time. Well, to be honest, this movie didn’t grow old very well, I’m afraid. I mean, the idea of making a werewolf movie within a modern realistic setting was not bad and, on top of that, to have Jack Nicholson play a werewolf was actually quite brilliant. Michelle Pfeiffer was also quite gorgeous at the time but I’m afraid her part wasn’t really developed enough. However, you might wonder if Mike Nichols was actually the right choice to direct this stuff. I mean, the guy always had a stellar career but with this kind of material, you needed someone who could handle some major special effects and some heavy make-up. At least, they did hire Rick Baker, probably the most famous famous make-up artist at the time, but I’m afraid it wasn’t enough though. The point is that it could become pretty campy pretty fast and I’m afraid that’s what happened here. Indeed, as long as they were focusing on Nicholson’s character before the transformation, the whole thing was maybe generic but it was still fairly compelling, but as soon as the guy became a werewolf, I'm afraid it became rather ridiculous. Anyway, to conclude, I think I’m actually too generous with my rating for this movie but I guess it still worth a look, especially if you have a weak spot for Jack Nicholson.


6/10