Wildling was wildly mediocre

Movie Title:     Wildling

Grade:  C

Rating: R, 
       92 minutes

In a Nutshell:  A monster coming-of-age story, this creature feature movie feels like a 1980’s horror flick.  

It’s actually a new indie film by director Fritz Bohm, who also had a hand in writing the script. 

I picture a group of teenagers watching this at one of their friend’s house on a Saturday night as they laugh at it and eat pizza.

                                   

Tips for parents: 

• A man shoots himself and you see blood splatters.
• Profanity, including a few F-bombs
• There is blood and talk of a teenage girl’s menstruation.
• You see a teenage girl in her underwear.
• Teenager sex scene with skin and sounds.
• Some violent, gory deaths.
• You see a naked female “wilder.”
• Teenage drinking

                                            

Uplifting theme: 

• Embrace who you are...?
• Don't kill people...?
• Don't eat people...?                                

Things I liked:

• It was good to see Liv Tyler in something again, although I’m kind of surprised she picked this script.
• Anna sees a picture of Aurora Borealis in a book.  Seeing that in real life is on my Bucket List!  I’ve been researching a trip to either Iceland or Finland to see it.  Which do you think is a better country to see the amazing Northern Lights?
• I liked the psychological aspect of the story.  Otherwise, we have already seen this story before.
• Actress Bel Powley was 26 years old at the premiere!  I thought that was so surprising, because she really does look young in this movie as Anna.  What's even more impressive is that she eats a ton of hamburger and sausages in the movie, despite being a vegetarian in real life.

Things I didn’t like:

• The creepy father (played by Brad Dourif) tells this tiny, young, adorable, little girl (played by Arlo Mertz) about the “Wildling”, not holding back any scary details, and introducing you to the horrific childhood Anna experienced.  I was confused by what happened to him later.
• It has a lot of dark, evening scenes, so this will be hard to watch on a TV or computer.
• It’s pretty slow-moving.
• Some of the special effects are pretty cheesy and amateur looking.  According to IMDB, there were 350 visual effect shots.
• There really aren’t any surprises.  The movie poster pretty much reveals what you already suspect is going to happen.
• Some of the make-up on the Wildling looked super fake and ridiculous. 

Interesting lines:

“You’re not sick.  You’re a woman.” – Sheriff Ellen Cooper  (Liv Tyler)

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