The Company of Wolves

The Company of Wolves

The Desire...The Fantasy...The Nightmare.

Directed by Neil Jordan

Produced by ITC Entertainment, Palace Pictures

198495 min6.3 / 10

A dreamlike, visually sumptuous reimagining of Little Red Riding Hood as a dark meditation on female desire, danger, and coming-of-age, told through nested fairy tales and surreal imagery.

An adaptation of Angela Carter's fairy tales. Young Rosaleen dreams of a village in the dark woods, where Granny tells her cautionary tales in which innocent maidens are tempted by wolves who are hairy on the inside. As Rosaleen grows into womanhood, will the wolves come for her too?

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  • Is The Company of Wolves scary? Yes. More frightening than 87% of films.

  • Is The Company of Wolves one of a kind? Yes. More singular than 85% of films.

  • Does The Company of Wolves end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 80% of films.

  • Is The Company of Wolves sad? Somewhat. More sad than 70% of films.

  • Is The Company of Wolves violent? Somewhat. More violent than 68% of films.

  • Is The Company of Wolves easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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