Wolf Totem

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Wolf Totem

PG-13,

2015,

1h 58m,

Adventure/

Action/

Drama

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While staying with the nomadic herdsmen of Mongolia, a young Chinese student (Shaofeng Feng) develops a fascination with the wolves that roam the plains.

Critics Consensus

As a visual experience, Wolf Totem boasts thrills that compensate for the significant narrative sacrifices made in bringing Jiang Rong's novel to the screen.

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Katie Walsh

Tribune News Service

Sep 14, 2015

2.5/4

The greatest aspect of "Wolf Totem" is the gorgeous, sweeping cinematography that captures the landscape in breathtaking aerial shots and crystal-clear color. The story has its touching moments but dissolves into disjointed melodrama.

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John Semley

Globe and Mail

Sep 11, 2015

1.5/4

Something ends up lost in translation. Its aspirations of looking and feeling recognizable end up uncomfortable and embarrassing.

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Sheri Linden

Los Angeles Times

Sep 10, 2015

There's no denying the beauty of the film's imagery, violent and tender, or the emotional power of the final moment in the boy-and-his-dog love story.

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Uri Klein

Haaretz

Jan 10, 2018

This attempt to say something about the struggle between humans and wild animals is too bombastic and unfeeling.

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

Jan 24, 2017

B-

Warns us that an old-fashioned way of life is passing to an encroaching civilization.

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Theresa Smith

Independent Online (South Africa)

Mar 2, 2016

3/5

While visually stunning, this Chinese French collaboration is melodramatic and narratively disjointed. It is a man-and-his-dog story meets outsider-learning-to-appreciate-a-new culture story, just set in a place unfamiliar to Western audiences.

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May 27, 2018

While the story and the actors are doing a good job of keeping us enthralled to the screen for almost 2 hours, there's no denying that it is the scenery that is the true star of this movie. It's dazzlingly serene and vastly empty, which is something we should cherish deeply where ever we may still find it.

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Ron W

Mar 26, 2017

A movie worth watching, visually enchanting, fantastic photography, true story although the adaptation from the book obviously had to leave something out. Incredible training of 35 wolves that took 4 years...for this reason alone the movie is worth 5 stars.

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Han M

Feb 21, 2017

7.0/10, my review: http://wp.me/p1eXom-2PG

Poe L

Jan 25, 2017

good period pic/nature film about the wolves of mongolia (China)

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Synopsis

While staying with the nomadic herdsmen of Mongolia, a young Chinese student (Shaofeng Feng) develops a fascination with the wolves that roam the plains.

Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud
Screenwriter: Jean-Jacques Annaud, Alain Godard, Wei Lu, John Collee
Distributor: Sony Pictures Entertainment
Production Co: Reperage, China Film Co-Production Corporation
Rating: PG-13 (Disturbing Images|Brief Sexuality|Violence Involving Animals)
Genre: Adventure, Action, Drama
Original Language: Chinese
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 11, 2015, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 15, 2015
Runtime: 1h 58m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital

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