the audience applauded

So much average

It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties.

This painful film is mostly head shots of siblings who all look the same and have very peculiar teeth, lips and jaws. I was never quite sure who was doing the navel gazing, eventually couldn't care. The film builds to a screaming need for catharsis which never arrives, even when the antagonist (the father) finally enters. I thought, " Now we are getting some denouement. This is where the film takes off." No. He is anti-climatic and treated lightly as a bumbling drunk who made a few mistakes, then exits the stage. While pretentious enough to garner some good reviews, the film is occasionally well crafted and has a good soundtrack, which props up the wilting, sagging arc of the story. A truly anti-climatic dud that reminded me that my time is precious and should not be wasted.

I gave it a 1 star due to believing the filmmaker and the brothers are lying through the film to make us believe their made up story just to get them all to Sundance. I just can't believe that a family with 7 children were locked away in an apartment for 14 years by a father, who is supposed to be the villain but comes off as more of a sad figure, and somehow one of them escapes when the father goes off grocery shopping and no one gets arrested but the son who is dressed like a horror movie figure and walks into a bank of all places. He never states how he escapes, just said he walked out the front door, but if you believe all the stories in their interviews, because the filmmaker doesn't touch on this, the father had the only key and LOCKED the front door every time he left the apartment locking his family in. So how did this boy walk out the front door? They soon all followed suit, but how? Very frustrating to watch a movie that the whole plot revolved around his escape and they never touched on how he actually did it, just kept saying "so then I walked out and kept walking". Yes, but how, your father had the only key and locked you in, remember? Did you bust the lock, did you pull a Mark DeFriest and fashion a key out of a cereal box, what? Our only deduction was in fact, the door was unlocked and he walked out with the mask on to see what kind of reaction he could get, especially walking into a bank, especially if he watched Quentin Tarantino movies and that the father never locked them in the apartment when he left. I think this film was more hype, she had a great publicist, they told their "story" to the press before Sundance so it generated a lot of interest and then they became instant celebrities, which is what they always wanted out of this.I also couldn't help but notice one of the brothers is conveniently missing from all of this but they never talk about why. I get the feeling he has morals and doesn't want to be apart of this scam because it's starting to tug at people's heart strings but that is just my guess, until he speaks, we'll never know. None of them can keep their stories straight and that's bothersome for me. In their interviews, Crystal tells of being welcomed by Oscar, the dad, into their home with open arms, yet she was a "stranger" and these kids were being locked away. How is that possible? No arrests were made another bother, the mother not coming into question, another bother when she was the only one collecting welfare, Social Security and Homeschool Checks. There's also the question about the Twin Towers being in their footage, the graininess of the footage, the "fangan forest" scene. I could go on. So many inconsistencies and questions about this so called documentary that I just couldn't in good conscience recommend it to anyone as a documentary, but perhaps when you're bored and want to know what the hype is about so you can find all the Easter Eggs and or come to your own conclusion.I will say this, the boys were charming, but they came off as actors so they were very likable. That's the only good thing I can say about this film.

I had never heard of this movie before but saw it was available on a flight back home so I thought it was worth a shot based off of the description. Having watched it, it definitely has a lot of awkward and difficult to watch moments in terms of what poor children were put through. The psychologist in me found it a fascinating study of how far some parents will subject their children to very harmful effects based on their own insecurities. I was surprised with how candid the family was about their pay experiences and the emotional scars that still persist. An interesting documentary that takes got behind closed doors of a truly unique family

Just watched one of this year's most talked about documentary films and that was "The Wolfpack" and it was interesting and took a neat look at how people live. Proving that life is so different for many. Based on a true story the film is actually made from footage of six Angulo brothers and it shows how each spent much of their life locked away and sheltered from society all while living in an apartment on the lower east side of New York City. All they have ever known of life and take from the world is what they seen thru movies and TV. And they have watched with a fine tooth comb knowing line by line and even acting out scenes and dressing up like many of their favorite characters from the movies they watch! Plus neat and nice was seeing in the footage the costumes and props that each brother would make homemade to try and copy the actual stuff from their favorite films! They said this was to fight off being alone and this was the craving for their dreams maybe so as I grew up with movies since a kid and I still dream big with them. It's been a family tradition as my aunts got me into watching a lot of movies, still I knew real life and would journey out. Much like the one brother in this picture once he escapes the apartment everything changes for everyone as a journey and discovery of going out sheds new light as "The Wolfpack" can say that leaving the apartment can act as a new dream they can live out just like the dreams and hopes that the movies gave them all!