Synopsis
After a local woman is murdered, a group of teenage liars create a warning e-mail of a serial killer named “The Wolf”, coming on the next full moon. The teens describe each death method The Wolf uses, but when the described victims actually do start turning up dead, suddenly no one knows where the lies end and the truth begins.
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Cast
- Julian MorrisOwen
- Sandra McCoyMercedes
- Lindy BoothDodger
- Jon Bon JoviRich
- Jesse JanzenRandall
- Jared PadaleckiTom
- Kristy WuRegina
- Paul JamesLewis
- Gary ColeMr. Matthews
- Ethan CohnGraham
Recommendations
- 75
New York Post
Which is scarier: a maniac in an orange ski mask wielding a hunting knife - or Jon Bon Jovi as a journalism teacher? Cry_Wolf gives us both, and though Bon Jovi is livin' on a prayer if he thinks he's an actor, the movie is a find. - 70
Los Angeles Times
A clever teen thriller with intricate plotting, deft characterizations, sharp ensemble performances and a darkly ironic twist at the end. - 63
New York Daily News
The low splatter quotient may not be enough to quell the blood lust of slasher fans, but several neat plot twists - and a surprise ending - make Cry Wolf a cut above the rest. - 60
The New York Times
First-time screenwriters Jeff Wadlow and Beau Bauman prove more adept at staging mind games than creating chills and thrills for the audience. - 60
The Hollywood Reporter
A cut above the usual level of slasher films, with its overly convoluted plot enhanced by an impressive level of cinematic style. It also places a greater emphasis on surprising plot twists than gore. - 50
TV Guide Magazine
But clichéd rapid-fire editing and cheap-looking digital-image manipulation drain away every ounce of atmosphere, and overexplanation blows what could have been a darkly ambiguous ending. - 50
Variety
Almost totally reliant on red herrings and the viewer's nervous reflexes. - 50
The A.V. Club
Director Jeff Wadlow and his co-writer/producer Beau Bauman throw in a couple of gripping sequences, especially one set in a library sub-basement with an energy-saving lighting system, but for a film that's essentially one big logic problem, there's an unfortunate absence of logic to the way its characters behave.
