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Wilderness | 
| Director: Ben Bolt (ii)
Actors: Amanda Ooms, Owen Teale, Michael Kitchen, Gemma Jones, Val Lehman
Studio: Mti Home Video
Category: DVD
Buy New: $9.98
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Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 71749
Format: Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 90 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
UPC: 619935404137
EAN: 6199354041372
ASIN: B00005AX6Q
Theatrical Release Date: 1996
Release Date: May 29, 2001
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| Customer Reviews: Read 5 more reviews...
 Intelligent werwolf TV Movie November 19, 2007
F. J. Harvey (Birmingham England)
I greatly admire the novel of the same name by Dennis Danvers upon which this UK TV movie is based and have reviewed it favourably on these boards .This UK TV movie version does it justice simply by virtue of concentrating on the essence of the book -the people caught up in the plot rather than razzle-dazzle special effects .
Alice -played by Amanda Ooms -is a librarian who thinks she is a werewolf and transforms at every full moon .Michael Kitchen is the psychiatrist in whom she confides and who does not believe her ,feeling that her problems lie in her over active libido and sexual predatoriness .Who is right ? Watch it and see -its worthwhile your doing so
The performances are uniformly excelelnt ;the transformation scenes are adequate but not exceptional .This is a character driven werewolf movie -the UK answer to Paul Schrader's re-imagining of the old Lewton movie Cat People
It takes its subject and characters seriously ,which alone sets it apart from most werewolf tales
 Not the book... April 8, 2004
N. Wright (Independence, KS)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Being a huge fan of werewolf fiction, I absolutely love the book "Wilderness" by Dan Danvers. When I saw this film on the shelves of the movie rental place I picked it up immediately. The first time I watched it, I was sorely, sorely dissapointed. The movie is so far from the book that it is almost an entirely different story. But as I got to thinking about it later, I realized that in its own right it's not half-bad. In fact, if you can forget the book while you're watching it, it is quite good. If you can keep in mind that the movie is not the book then you might just enjoy it.To the person who said that Erik was a wolf biologist in the book: You need to re-read the book.
Wolf Love.... February 11, 2004
Lady Naava
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Alice White is a librarian with a secret problem...She's a werewolf! After dating and (dumping), a series of losers, Alice consults an unscrupulous psychiatrist to help her with her problems. Over time, the psychiatrist falls in love with her and tries to manipulate her into a relationship not really believing Alice can turn into a wolf. Can Alice control the 'wolf within?' Or is she destined to be an outcast in human AND wolf society.I enjoyed this movie, despite the cast of rather skanky male leads (Why is it that they always pair a beautiful woman with horribly unattractive men?)Even without this detractor, I enjoyed this film. A++++
 Not as good as the book. January 28, 2004
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
I read Dennis Danver's "Wilderness" before I saw the movie based on it. The book wasn't too bad, and I liked some parts of it (such as the fact that the werewolf was NOT a murderer, and was supposed to look like a real wolf when in wolf-form). I rented the movie expecting the same story as in the book, but I was dissapointed. The movie takes place in Britain, while the book takes place in Virginia and Canada (I would have liked to have seen more woods and less inner-city London, I believe the book had more scenes in the woods than the movie). The movie also ends differently than the book. The movie did seem to use a real wolf (which is a plus), but the computer-generated transformation scenes leave something to be desired (they are too quick to be really interesting and at least one full-body transformation scene just didn't look right, some of the human body-parts don't seem to turn into the equivalent wolf body-parts). I would recomend reading the book, and avoiding the movie. If you want to see a good werewolf movie, I reccomend "The Company of Wolves" (which stars Angela Lansbury and uses some real wolves) and "Wolf" (which stars Jack Nicholson).
Total Bomb! August 9, 2003
L. Kukla (MI. United States)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I saw this movie and thought Finally!! someone made a movie based on the wonderful book by Dennis Danvers. Rented and blech! Terrible. Not at all like the book. First of all they changed the biologist's name from Erik to Dan. Then they make him a penguin biologist. Give me a break! He was a wolf biologist. Then they add in the parts like the wolf eating a little girl. Never happened in the book. and the worse part was the ending. Erik/Dan is suppose to stay with Alice. But whoever made this film did a total 180 and had the guy go back to his ex-wife. Shudder and gag. As werewolf movies this was marginally ok, especially with the effects. But the low rating is from the fact that it is totally and completely different from the book that it is suppose to be based on. If you want a good werewolf video, keep looking.
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