tdrish Back in the day, I loved Teen Wolf. Not so much anymore. A movie that boasts underage drinking is not cool with me. There's even a scene where it shows Teen Wolf biting into a beer with his fangs, and he's not even old enough to drink. Although highly entertaining, I just can't forgive some of the underlining messages being submitted here, and yet it was common with 80's films. The homophobic slurs, the homophobic atmosphere. By todays standards, an average twelve to sixteen year old would more then likely love this movie, and it seems to be geared more towards the guys. ( The basketball team, you know, no explanation needed.) A few memorable moments, for example, when Howard confronts his dad for the first time in full transformation was probably the funniest scene in the whole movie. For the most part, I found Teen Wolf a couple snacks short of a picnic. Nice try, though. A classic Michael J. Fox? Hey, can't beat that! 5 out of 10 stars. Halfway there is better then nowhere near there.

richspenc Michael J. Wolf, I mean Fox is a wolf! wolf wolf wolf . I always liked the parts in the classroom when Fox starts hearing wolf being said everywhere. Wolf wolf wolf wolf. "Thomas J Wolf!" Yells one of his teachers during Fox's hallucinations. Fox keeps desperately trying to keep from changing into the wolf in school. He runs through the hallways bathroom to bathroom, trying to find a place where no one will see him. Then he runs into his arch nemises, the principal. The principal does not see him turn into the wolf, well not that time. He does a little while later, along with many other of his student peers during basketball practice. Fox is on the basketball team. Like in most 80s high school movies, there is the bully that the hero keeps getting pushed around by. And the hot girl who the hero has an burning desire for, and the girl barely noticing he's alive. How many other highschool movies have we seen with the same formula? In "Teen wolf", the bully's name is Nick, and the hot girl's name is Pamela. And the two of them are (what a surprise!) going out together. And Pamela is (what a surprise) a blonde. Anyway, one night after a night out, Fox comes home and rushes to the bathroom, noticing something very strange is happening to him. That's his first time changing into the wolf, and it's when we see Fox's father has the same wolf problem. We also learn that the reason Fox's principal gives him a hard time is because Fox's dad, as the wolf, had previous problems in the past with Fox's principal. So the principal is taking it out on him now. Then Fox turns into the wolf during basketball and then decides to keep it that way because he realizes that he has extra powers as the wolf, he's suddenly able to really kick butt at basketball, and his popularity suddenly skyrockets. Personally, Fox looks a lot more like a hairy gorilla than a wolf. And in real life, girls would not be attracted to and want to touch someone that looks like that, no matter how strong it makes him. Fox's friends include a goofball named Styles and a nice "girl next door" type who Fox had been friends with but not intimate with. Fox had always had eyes for Pamala, and once he's the wolf, he does get intimate with her. In Pamela's dressing room after play rehearsal. She pulls off her shirt for Fox, but we only see her from the back. He's also able to defend himself from Nick now. I have one curious question: on a date with Pamela at the bowling alley, they run into Nick. And Nick tells Fox that his mother used to steal chickens from him, and he then shot her. Was Nick just talking s***, or was it true? Cause we never see Fox's mother during this movie, and nothing else is ever mentioned about her from anyone else. And also Fox's reaction is so angry to what Nick said.

SnoopyStyle Scott Howard (Michael J. Fox) is an average student and an average basketball player on a very bad school team. Popular girl Pamela Wells doesn't care for him. His best friend is the girl Boof (Susan Ursitti) who is secretly in love with him. His other best friend Stiles (Jerry Levine) is a talkative schemer. He is slowly showing signs of something. His father Harold (James Hampton) tells him that their family are werewolves. When he shows his true self on the basketball court, the students surprise by showering him with love as they win games. Even Pamela starts to like the popular Scott angering her boyfriend Mick. However it's not all smooth sailing as he struggles to find his identity.This is a very average teen movie. Michael J. Fox is the only thing that make this compelling. He has a charm that makes this silly concept watchable. There is a good message underneath with Scott trying to figure out his identity like all teenager movie. It's not as stupid as one might think but we're not talking about Shakespeare either.

david-sarkies This was one of those movies that I remember watching a few times back when I was a kid and back when Michael J Fox was still acting and I must say it is one of those eighties movies that I still have a fondness for, even though now I would probably not watch it again because despite all of the fondness that I have for the film, there is nothing really all that much about it that makes it stand out all that much. It's not as if it is The Terminator with a classic Arnold Schwartzenegger one liner, or any number of other classic eighties movies that I remember with fondness because, well, there isn't all that much about it that would make it a classic.Basically it is about a boy in highschool who suddenly discovers that he is a werewolf, and that it is something that runs in the family. After the initial shock, he suddenly becomes really popular, and is able to take on an opposing basketball team all by himself. In fact at the beginning of the film it is very clear that the schools basketball team basically blows, and it is not until one game when he finds himself at the bottom of a stacks on that he becomes the wolf, and then goes on to win the game – single handedly.Some have suggested that this is a subtle exploration of the nature of High School in your average American town (or suburb, or what not – it is not really made all that clear, but you could suggest that this could occur in any high school in any part of America – except for the fact that werewolves are creatures of myths and legend). Some have also suggested that it is about how, unless we are sporting heroes, or there is something important about us, that we are damned to spend our lives in obscurity. Yeah, I can see that in this film, and I can also see it as some form of subtle criticism of the American way of life (not that there is much that you can criticise), and that one is defined based not only upon how many people know who you are, but also how many people like and look up to you.It could also be considered some form of morality tale, in that we don't need magical powers to be able to win, all we need to do is to work as a team and believe in ourselves. Well, that is all well and good, but it suggests that by doing that then we can go from being a basketball team that blows to a basketball team that can win a championship – the problem is that it never actually works out that way. Still, this is a Hollywood movie, and in the end, the hero gets the girl – the right girl, not the snivelling bitch that leads you on because you are a famous person, and she can only define herself based upon what that famous person thinks of her, and that they win the basketball game, and the evil vice-principle (it is always the vice-principle that is evil, isn't it) is put into his place, and then the movie ends. I guess that suggests that everything is sorted and everybody lives happily ever after – until the make a sequel, that is.