Scott Howard is a high-school loser who wants nothing more than to be the alpha male whom is the supremo of his basketball team and to be the guy who manages to score with the hot thespian. However, things do not pan out this way for Scott until he becomes "Teen Wolf" a man that all the boys want to be and all the girls want to be with...
Whilst this is a semi-amusing Michael J Fox time-passer the whole script is far too thin to care about or to be involved in. Michael J Fox does the best that he can, but without being under Robert Zemeckis direction the odds of this succeeding were always going to be about as small as Fox.
The plot is repetitive ad-nauseum and the characters about as likeable as a middle-eastern dictator. Scott is trying to score with prissy Pamela (whom loves him and then shuns him). The bigger picture does eventually dawn on Scott with Boof (genuinely the stupidest character name that I've ever heard) in that he slowly starts to learn that maybe he should love himself for who he is rather than who or what people expect/want him to be...
And folks this is what I think this film is ultimately about... it's allegorical and it is about fitting in. Scott is the dork who is not respected by his peers... he becomes someone else for a while that no-one wants him to be (metaphorical) then he reverts back to himself ultimately being the person everyone wants him to be.
Looked upon as an allegory it's quite good, but looked upon as entertainment it's quite poor. Choose your own adventure folks I didn't think it was great.
Whilst this is a semi-amusing Michael J Fox time-passer the whole script is far too thin to care about or to be involved in. Michael J Fox does the best that he can, but without being under Robert Zemeckis direction the odds of this succeeding were always going to be about as small as Fox.
The plot is repetitive ad-nauseum and the characters about as likeable as a middle-eastern dictator. Scott is trying to score with prissy Pamela (whom loves him and then shuns him). The bigger picture does eventually dawn on Scott with Boof (genuinely the stupidest character name that I've ever heard) in that he slowly starts to learn that maybe he should love himself for who he is rather than who or what people expect/want him to be...
And folks this is what I think this film is ultimately about... it's allegorical and it is about fitting in. Scott is the dork who is not respected by his peers... he becomes someone else for a while that no-one wants him to be (metaphorical) then he reverts back to himself ultimately being the person everyone wants him to be.
Looked upon as an allegory it's quite good, but looked upon as entertainment it's quite poor. Choose your own adventure folks I didn't think it was great.