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13 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 63The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam LaceyThe Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam LaceyGiven Waller's experience and budget, one might expect he could upgrade the B-movie acting and stock situations. He doesn't. The pay-off comes not in the story or acting, but the camera play and movement.
- 50Austin ChronicleRussell SmithAustin ChronicleRussell SmithPlenty of gore-slinging, wisecracking fun to be had, and yes, the repulsively convincing werewolf transformations and attacks still pack a breath-stopping wallop.
- 50San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleSan Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleDelpy and Scott are able to put it over. She's French and deep and mysterious. He's a fresh-faced American, an open book. Liking them makes it possible to (kinda) like this otherwise routine horror movie.
- 50TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghForget about social significance, depth of character and complex thematic underpinnings, and repeat after me: "It's only a werewolf movie."
- 38ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliDelpy's injection of class into an otherwise classless production raises the specter of what this film could have been with a better script and a better cast surrounding her.
- 30The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenA slapdash, poorly acted, paint-by-numbers teen horror comedy, the sequel is too frenetically edited to build any suspense, and its special effects are strictly bargain basement.
- 25Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertAny plot discipline (necessary so that we care about some characters and not the others) has been lost in an orgy of special effects and general mayhem.
- 25Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanThe cruddy, shot-in-a-warehouse settings are especially depressing, since the computer-generated special effects seem to be taking place in another movie entirely (a far livelier one). [9 Jan 1998, p. 47]
- 20Chicago ReaderLisa AlspectorChicago ReaderLisa AlspectorUgly Americans in Paris have run-ins with the native werewolf culture in this horror-for-laughs story, in which the characters' stupidity and the deadpan acting are out of sync--instead of being campy or clever, the plot and performances are just unconvincing.
- 10Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasA painfully anemic variation on John Landis' 1981 winner, "An American Werewolf in London." While the original had both wit and poignancy--and an affectionate and knowing tip-of-the-hat to werewolf movies past--this slapdash, silly new edition is so cut-rate it has Luxembourg and Amsterdam standing in for the City of Light.