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Created Jan 23, 2010 09:46AM PST • Edited Jan 23, 2010 09:46AM PST

1. Quality

2. Summary

   Great 4.0

   Cry_Wolf is an incredibly underrated thriller that more people should see. Basically, it’s about a group of college kids who create a fake serial killer by the name of “The Wolf”. They tell everyone he’s on campus, and naturally, everyone is startled. But what starts out as a harmless joke, turns into something entriely real.
   Cry_Wolf has a great setup to a Saw-like twist ending that is completely unexpected. Getting into the film, I thought it would be just another horrendous teen shlasher flick, but it turned out to be a mystery thriller I really enjoyed. The main theme of the movie is lieing, and it worked well, since there is nobody you can trust in this film. Director Jeff Wadlow was able to create a cast of multiple teen characters that I actually cared for (shocker) and for such an unknown cast, they gave quite a good performance. There is even a small part played by Bon Jovi.
   Another thing great about Cry_Wolf is that the PG-13 rating doesn’t make it suck. If you have noticed for the past couple of years, there has been a trend of PG-13 rated movies that all avoid being R, by putting in horrible cliches, and testing the rating by putting in 1 “F-Word”. They make you feel like your not even watching a quality movie. I can safely say thet Cry_Wolf is a quality movie, and a smart one at that. So my final words? Go see it- it’s worth your time.

4. Acting

   Great 4.0

5. Male Stars Great 4.0

6. Female Stars Great 4.0

7. Female Costars Great 4.0

8. Male Costars Really Great 4.5

10. Film

    Perfect 5.0

11. Direction Perfect 5.0

12. Play Perfect 5.0

13. Music Perfect 5.0

14. Visuals Perfect 5.0
15. Content

16. Edge

    Risqué 2.0

    The Unrated Cut has some pretty bloody violence, but it doesn’t compare to some other movies these days.

17. Sex Innocent 1.0

18. Violence Savage 4.0

19. Rudeness Polite 1.0

21. Reality

    Glib 1.7

    Pretty realistic for what it is.

22. Circumstantial Surreal 3.0

23. Biological Natural 1.0

24. Physical Natural 1.0