Synopsis
He always wanted to be special... but he never expected this!
When a shy teenager's new-found powers help him score at basketball - and with the popular girls - he has some pretty hairy decisions to make.
1985 Directed by Rod Daniel
When a shy teenager's new-found powers help him score at basketball - and with the popular girls - he has some pretty hairy decisions to make.
Michael J. Fox James Hampton Susan Ursitti Jerry Levine Matt Adler Lorie Griffin Jim McKrell Mark Arnold Jay Tarses Mark Holton Scott Paulin Elizabeth Gorcey Melanie Manos Doug Savant Charles Zucker Lynda Wiesmeier Troy Evans Harvey Vernon Clare Peck Gregory Itzin Doris Hess Rodney Kageyama Carl Steven Richard Brooks Richard Domeier Brian Sheehan Jay Footlik Richard Baker Fred Nelson Show All…
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There are three rules that I live by:
1). Never get less than twelve hours sleep.
2). Never play cards with a guy who has the same first name as a city.
3). Never get involved with a woman with a tattoo of a dagger on her body.
Now you stick to that, and everything else is cream cheese - Coach Finstock (1985)
I love this film.
It helped me get through puberty.
I looked like a Yeti when I was twelve.
This film taught me that that's fine.
Some believe this is an allegory for puberty, while I believe it’s just a movie about how fun it would be to see a 5’4” wolf dunk a basketball.
Well, this was a movie. Even though I haven't watched it, I have a feeling the MTV show is far more interesting and engaging than this film. This is essentially one gimmick strung out across 90 minutes. There's an important message here, but the writing isn't well developed, and the whole thing ends up feeling quite sloppy. The designs for our two wolves are good, but the father in particular resembles a Star Wars character; he looks less like a wolf and more like a distant cousin of Chewbacca. Moreover, it seems like this is more of a sports film than a monster movie.
Any positives? Michael J. Fox was delightful, and he clearly enjoyed himself. There are some amusing…
I really would love to sit the Teen Wolf (tv show) writers down and ask them what details they pulled from this movie other than making stiles gay
My mom during the first basketball game: He's gonna go wolf!!!
My mom during the final basketball game: aw he's playing as himself
👌🏻60%
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An ordinary high school student discovers that his family has an unusual pedigree when he finds himself turning into a werewolf.
This (admittedly) holds a ton of nostalgia for me. This is one that dad would throw on every Halloween growing up, and I probably watched it five-six years in a row as a child. It is definitely flawed, but this film is still able to capture that beautifully cheesy vibe that certain 80’s films nail so well. This captures it all in a funny “throw on every Halloween because it’s silly” type of way, Whether the execution works or not, you have to give the film kudos for going for the spooky spin. It…
I get that the film’s a metaphor for puberty, but did the werewolf design have to look like a Wookiee?
"Wait a minute, wait a minute, Dad. You mean you knew about this? You knew about this and you didn't tell me?"
"I was hoping I wouldn't have to. Sometimes it skips a generation. I was hoping it would pass you by."
"Well, Dad, it didn't pass me by. It landed on my face!"
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Women Film Editors #186: Lois Freeman-Fox
Some media ages badly; some media is poorly designed from the get-go. I thought about this recently when I was in a shitty restaurant playing Train's "Hey, Soul Sister" on their playlist; my brother and I were eating lunch, but we paused at the same moment to grimace at the line that has made us cringe the…