Who did they make this film for? The story of a romance between a werewolf and a human, in its prototypical story of mismatched cultures, is the sort of thing thats been done to death in countless films and books. If you're going to do it yet again you have to have some reason. I'm sure that using the source of a well loved, and occasionally banned young adult novel would be the perfect reason to trot out the story line yet again. Unfortunately the film makers have botched the job and we're left with a barely okay little movie.
Why use a well known story if you're going to change things around? great chunks of the book have gone missing. Worse still is the way the film has been shot. It looks more like a TV movie of the week rather than a movie to be seen in the theater, if they were going to make a movie that looks like it belongs on TV why not just release it straight to DVD? The acting is okay but the characters are all stereotypes of stereotypes. You know whats going to happen simply because it seems to have been written that way. Its not engaging or surprising simply because once a scene starts you can tell how its going to play out, actually once the movie's basic premise is set up you'll know whats going to happen, regrettably you won't care.
Not worth bothering with unless you need a lesson in how not to adapt a book for the movies.
Why use a well known story if you're going to change things around? great chunks of the book have gone missing. Worse still is the way the film has been shot. It looks more like a TV movie of the week rather than a movie to be seen in the theater, if they were going to make a movie that looks like it belongs on TV why not just release it straight to DVD? The acting is okay but the characters are all stereotypes of stereotypes. You know whats going to happen simply because it seems to have been written that way. Its not engaging or surprising simply because once a scene starts you can tell how its going to play out, actually once the movie's basic premise is set up you'll know whats going to happen, regrettably you won't care.
Not worth bothering with unless you need a lesson in how not to adapt a book for the movies.