Wildling

    Wildling
    2018

    Synopsis

    A young woman held in captivity discovers the realities of truth and lies in the outside world.

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    Cast

    • Bel PowleyAnna
    • Liv TylerEllen Cooper
    • Collin Kelly-SordeletRay Cooper
    • Brad DourifDaddy
    • James Le GrosWolf Man
    • Troy RuptashRoger Fowler
    • Charlotte UbbenJen
    • Aviva WinickLittle Anna
    • Arlo MertzVery Little Anna
    • Mike FaistLawrence

    Recommendations

    • 83

      Entertainment Weekly

      A clever, sharp-fanged mélange of classic midnight-movie horror and modern indie ingenuity.
    • 75

      New York Post

      A supernatural “What’s Happening to My Body?” parable in company with “Carrie,” “Ginger Snaps” and last year’s “Thelma,” Wildling is low-key with an undertone of menace, skillfully directed by Fritz Böhm in his feature debut (though some of his nighttime scenes are so dark it’s genuinely hard to tell what’s going on).
    • 70

      Arizona Republic

      It’s a promising debut for Böhm, with a lot of promise. But it’s a home run for Powley, who makes Wildling worth watching even when it shouldn’t be.
    • 60

      We Got This Covered

      Wildling may swerve last-minute into a less dense finale, but Bel Powley's performance is worth this fierce and untamed coming-of-self arc that's so exquisitely female-centered.
    • 60

      The Hollywood Reporter

      Shifting the film into action mode necessitates several leaps of faith to keep pace with the plot as Powley goes crashing through the forest with near abandon.
    • 60

      Los Angeles Times

      Böhm doesn't do so well with Wildling's scare scenes and gore, because he seems more focused on making a coming-of-age character study than an effective fright-flick. But he has one remarkable character in Anna, who's played by Powley as a feral gal with a heartbreakingly doleful soul.
    • 56

      Paste Magazine

      As Wildling’s center, Powley keeps our attention in her orbit, and Böhm constructs a universe around her that’s worthy of her talent (if at times too murkily filmed for its own good). But the movie loses its thread 15 minutes or so into its running time.
    • 50

      The New York Times

      This creature feature from the director Fritz Böhm is functional but lacks flavor, an imaginative spark that might distinguish it from any number of other I-was-a-teenage-monster movies.

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