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33 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 88Charlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanCharlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanThe picture shatters all genre conventions.
- 80Village VoiceMichael AtkinsonVillage VoiceMichael AtkinsonIt's easily the most disarming and inventive movie made for genre geeks in years.
- 75Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertI would be lying if I did not admit that this is all, in its absurd and overheated way, entertaining.
- 75New York Daily NewsJami BernardNew York Daily NewsJami BernardAn eye-pleasing French action-slasher film that is cheerfully unencumbered by the usual conventions of stuffy costume drama.
- 63Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaPhiladelphia InquirerSteven ReaThe perfect film for anyone who likes their headbutting and kickboxing dressed up in gold brocade, frilly collars, and tri-cornered caps. And isn't that all of us?
- 58Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean AxmakerSeattle Post-IntelligencerSean AxmakerAt 140 minutes, the film becomes a humorless, long-winded spectacle.
- 50Baltimore SunChris KaltenbachBaltimore SunChris KaltenbachIt's mindless, which is rarely true of French cinema, dull, which is rarely true of Hong Kong films, and portentous, which shouldn't be true of any film about a man-eating dog.
- 50Miami HeraldRene RodriguezMiami HeraldRene RodriguezLacks the one element that the filmmakers were most desperately aiming for: A genuine sense of fun.
- 30New York Magazine (Vulture)Peter RainerNew York Magazine (Vulture)Peter RainerAn exuberantly garish French movie.
- 30Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternWall Street JournalJoe MorgensternIf only Brotherhood of the Wolf had the wit and grace to match its exceptional physical beauty.