Werewolf

I find the criticism that this movie is sad and depressing odd. Were people expecting a happy movie about two drug addicts living in poverty?

Now I didn't feel as strongly for these characters as I did for a character like Richard Gere in Time Out of Mind. But I still felt for these guys. They were both portrayed decently by Gills and McNeil.

Cinematography can be interesting at times and at other time it can be jarring. The camera focus being pulled away from the subject on to some background.

I don't write reviews unless people have been overly harsh or rated 10 Stars to rubbish. Only one reviewer so far...you be the judge. This is not a horror or mutant flick. Arguably, this might be given a different title. Yet, as the story progresses (digresses?) one might think the title was right on the mark. Blaise and Nessa are two drug addicts with nothing going for them. Two addicts living together and trying to quit are similar to a married couple trying to diet together.....it doesn't work. One can only follow the story if you want to really understand the dilemma these two represent. The path they are on is a dead-end the moment you get the idea. We see these people every day, and yet, we never see them. Watch the movie, feel the helplessness, experience the atmosphere.....then maybe you would label it horror. Cookie

No glamour on opiods here, slow, sad movie. Not bad!

Movie is kind of hard to watch, not because it's a sad story but because it's hard to stay in it and there's no interest in seeing what the end will be.

Andrew Gillis and Bhreagh MacNeil are addicts on a methadone program in rural Nova Scotia. They live in a trailer in the woods and make money by mowing lawns. They occasionally muse about leaving.

MacNeil takes some steps towards getting her act together, moving back into her mother's house and getting a job at a fast food restaurant. Gillis thwarts her at every turn, stealing her methadone and alienating everyone around him.

This is a really beautifully shot film that's sort of a character meditation. It has some things to say on co-dependency and the way tiny steps can be momentous in some life situations, but generally, very little happens. I personally love this kind of film, but it'd be a very hard sell for some viewers.