The Wolf of Snow Hollow: reviews

What the critics say average 6.8 from 16 outlets

• 8.8 Roger EbertBrian Tallerico More than just your standard horror/comedy, “The Wolf of Snow Hollow” is a tonal balancing act, a movie that doesn’t go for laughs or horror as much as weave various tones and styles through its excellent script. I thought Cummings was a talent to watch after “Thunder Road,” and now I’m sure of it. Read
• 8.0 MicropsiaDiego Lerer The new film from the director of 'Thunder Road', a fascinating and uncomfortable mix of drama, comedy and horror, centres on a series of violent murders that baffles the inept police of a small Utah tourist town. Read
• 7.8 The Austin ChronicleJosh Kupecki Part of the brilliance of Cummings’ performance is how he can turn on a dime, baring his soul one second and throwing off a well-timed jab in the same breath. Thankfully, the actors around him are able to keep up with his pace. Read
• 7.8 Paste MagazineAndrew Crump But rather than clang with the innate savagery of the werewolf niche, Cummings’ command over his material gives the film a certain freshness. He tames the monster in the man so that the man is all that’s left, for better and for worse. Read
• 7.5 Slant MagazineChuck Bowen Writer-director Jim Cummings reinvigorates an oft-told tale with personal, thorny preoccupations. Read
• 7.5 The PlaylistWarren Cantrell Tense, scary, and full of heart, when Cummings has all the pieces moving together in the same direction the movie hums with an effortless rhythm that largely makes up for deficiencies baked into the third act. Read
• 7.5 The A.V. ClubIgnatiy Vishnevetsky Among the many quirks of this very idiosyncratic comedy is that it really is structured like a thriller or a horror film. Read
• 7.0 Los Angeles TimesKevin Crust “The Wolf of Snow Hollow” is a pleasingly quirky outing that has fun with the mythologies of both monsters and men. Read
• 7.0 El PaísJavier Ocaña An unusual film that, on the surface, through its atmosphere and its touch of black comedy, could be related to the Coen brothers' 'Fargo', but which unfolds from an even wilder and more effervescent spirit. Read
• 6.7 ConsequenceRyan Larson Snow Hollow is a fun variation on the werewolf film that gets by with enough chuckles and blood. Read
• 6.0 VarietyPeter Debruge The movie does get some zingers in, and it balances the humor with nicely atmospheric creepy small-town vibes (courtesy of DP Natalie Kingston), but the tone is all over the place and a far cry from the “Fargo”-y Coen brothers feel Cummings seems to be going for. Read
• 6.0 The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeFore Satisfying enough as a horror/slasher flick with a black-comedy aftertaste, it has some commercial appeal but doesn’t represent a step forward artistically. Read
• 6.0 Rolling StoneDavid Fear It’s the personal demons rather than old-fashioned monsters that get you, see, which is one of two central tenets of Cummings’ genre exercise/portrait of a fuck-up mash-up. Read
• 5.0 The Film StageMatt Cipolla The Wolf of Snow Hollow aims more to be about its small village, but in reality, it’s more about how frayed police officers, especially men, abuse their privileges. It’d be a great vehicle to skewer these topics if the pieces fit together, but they don’t. Read
• 5.0 LarsenOnFilmJosh Larsen Cummings is a unique talent; Snow Hollow is just an awkward fit, beyond the ways he intends. Read
• 5.0 Decine21Juan Luis Sánchez And although the film works, comparisons are odious, because it lacks the same dramatic tension. Read