jjjloy
Whether or not if you view this as a corny teenage 80's movie. There is no denying the Michael J Fox was perfect to play Scott, with his uneasy on screen antics Michael was a perfect choice for the film. Enough back story to not leave us with unanswered questions and very few slow scenes. Teen Wolf will always be a movie I stop to check out if none of the classics are on.
dprkforum
This film holds a special place in my heart. This is a movie about triumph in the face of typical kid problems. Those problems are amplified in the form of sudden superpowers and how he and others deal with it. It's a pretty straightforward formula with some (sometimes funny) comedy bits thrown in. Oh, and of course, the girl next door vs. the popular pretty girl dilemma.Acting is mediocre. The script is not all that great. What it lacks in technical and art execution is made up in heart.I come back to this film when I want nostalgia for my childhood. It reminds me of my own struggles as a child, and I could relate to those issues. Naturally, like everybody, I want superpowers to solve my problems, but the movie reminds the audience why that is folly.
BA_Harrison
In Teen Wolf, Michael J. Fox unexpectedly changes from an average teenager into a suave werewolf; having already made the transformation from TV star to movie star a month earlier with Back To The Future, the young actor puts in an effortlessly charismatic turn that goes a long way to making this otherwise corny and predictable teen fantasy a reasonable amount of fun.Fox plays dweebish high-school basketball player Scott, such a loser that he can't even see that his extremely cute longtime friend Boof (Susan Ursitti) has the serious hots for him; instead, he pines after slutty head-cheerleader Pamela (Lorie Griffin), which brings him to blows with her boyfriend Mick, his rival on the basketball court.Scott's luck changes, however, when he discovers that he is a werewolf: as his alter ego, Teen Wolf, he is confident, talented and popular, scoring the hoops, scoring with the ladies, and scorching up the dance-floor. But for Scott to be truly happy, he must be content with who he really is under the fur—and so when his basketball team makes the championship finals, Scott leads the way while Teen Wolf takes a back seat, much to the surprise of his loyal fans.Teen Wolf could definitely have benefited from a few more solid laughs, but with an engaging central performance from Fox, likable supporting characters, lots of 80s atmosphere, and a general good-natured approach, the film has a charm about it that is almost impossible not to like. It's a feel-good movie—nothing more, nothing less—and as such, it does its job well.
Tsubahi
I first saw it with my mother and sister back then, when I myself was a teenager (just in junior high school, BTW.) It was a hideous-looking movie that may actually teach young people to do bad things, like throw sleazy parties where kids wrestle nude in that nasty white goo, dance on top of the moving van, and young tramps get naked in front of the kid (no wonder we have a very serious problem with teen pregnancies, BTW.) But then again, I am hearing-impaired, so I really didn't hear the hidden message in the movie at the time. So oh, well - as long as young viewers aren't stupid enough to do stuff like that in some scenes! :P
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