Predrag Teen Wolf isn't your Oscar winner, it isn't that one movie that gets you sobbing every time, and it certainly isn't a movie that lets you down either, it's an overall fun film to watch with family and it definitely has its moments.As if homework weren't already hard enough, high school loser Scott Howard starts noticing some odd changes as he is transformed into a teenage werewolf. His enhanced abilities and scary new look quickly make him a star on the court and the most popular kid in school, but as Scott begins to lose himself in "the animal," he must learn that with great power comes great responsibility. This film rest solely on the charming, pitch-perfect performance of Fox and re-watching this today, it is still his performance that raises the film above it's script. Probably the biggest surprise is, how easily everyone accepts Scott's transformation into his alter-ego, without so much as a pitchfork or torch on display. This is all the more surprising given that the 80's weren't particularly known for being accepting of minorities or people who were different. Near the end when that song, 'Shooting for the Moon' starts, it sends a shiver down my spine every time. Soundtrack is just awesome with groovy sound of 80's pop rock joints including Robert Palmer, Amy Holland, The Beach Boys etc.All in all, this is such an awesomely bad movie. I really do enjoy it, but mostly because I was quite young when i fist saw it on TV. If you are 30, 40 years old and you still haven't seen Teen Wolf, you probably never will... but for the rest of us, who grow up with this film, it would be a still memorable classic of retro collections.Overall rating: 6 out of 10.

Jakemcclake The corniest movie to ever spawn a sequel and a TV series. It makes little sense, even less when you consider some of the lines in it, like, "Do the right thing. That's all I want to do" There is no moral, there is no justice. But I watched it dozens of times. As movies go, it works to make a person feel good, somehow. Maybe what is good about this super corny movie, it is just the music. "Shooting for the Moon" by Amy Harding is a tremendous ending song, one of the most beautiful songs, I ever heard. Maybe it is a nice ending that couples tremendous cheers with the main character, getting something right, finally after apparently getting so much wrong throughout the movie. Maybe it is Boof, (Susan Urisitti). She is very likable. Maybe I can't explain it logically. But I like it.

Bonehead-XL When people complain about the "Twilight"-ifaction of the classic monsters, I like to point out that Stephanie Myer did not invent this phenomenon. Cinema isn't that old a medium. It was only about thirty-so years old when the Universal Monsters came along. It was only twenty-some years later when pop culture overexposure had watered the original horrors down to TV sitcoms, kid cartoons, and breakfast cereals. You can't trace a path from Lon Chaney Jr. hunting maidens on the foggy moors to Taylor Lautner turning into a big shiny husky without passing through "Teen Wolf," a fondly remembered bit of ridiculous eighties nostalgia.The premise is hacky, Hollywood, high concept writing at its best/worst/burst. Scott Howard is a high school student who's not quite a loser but definitely isn't cool. He plays, poorly, basketball for his school's poor basketball team. His friends are weirdoes obsessed with van-surfing who can only get into the good parties by promising to bring booze. His object of desire, the hottest girl in school is also a drama student somehow, is way out of his league. All of this is confounded when Scott finds out he's a werewolf. While horrified at first, the powers that come along with the transformations quickly make Scott the most popular kid in school. But, ah, the screenplay implores us, will Scott learn to accept himself for who he is? If that plot synopsis didn't clue you in, "Teen Wolf' is an exceptionally dumb movie. Co-written by Jeph Loeb, a frequently terrible comic writer who gets a life-time pass for "Commando," the movie takes place in that bizarro high school world that only exists in 1980s comedies. One of Scott's basketball teammates is a big fat guy clearly in his thirties. Even the perpetually youthful Michael J. Fox looks a bit too old for this. Jerry Levine plays Scott's best friend, Stiles, a really bizarre creation. Aside from the van surfing, he wears obnoxious t-shirts and MCs inexplicable party games, one of which involve two people in their underwear, tied up and covered in whipped cream. The entire premise hinges on the student body finding a kid turning into a werewolf to be the coolest thing ever. That strikes me as somewhat unlikely. Despite this being made in the mid-eighties, the film parodies "Saturday Night Fever" during the prom scene.Despite its general dumbness, "Teen Wolf" manages to mildly amuse at times. Released the same year as "Back to the Future," Fox is as charming as ever, making his bizarre character a likable every-kid. Even when Scott's sudden popularity is suppose to turn him into a huge jerk, Fox makes him immensely likable. Occasionally, the movie's lame humor catches up with its wacky premise. The basketball couch delivers rambling, heart-to-heart speeches that are in no way helpful. James Hampton is delightfully dead-pan as Scott's very patience father. The jerk principal subplot pays off nicely. Susan Ursitti is also over-qualified as Scott's childhood friend. You know the two of them are going to end up together and it's clear she loves him. However, Ursitti and Fox have great chemistry and she's likable enough to make the obvious plot mechanics less clunky.Like all ridiculous high school stories, "Teen Wolf" tries to play its deeply inane premise for drama in the last act. The school turns on the wolf and Scott is forced to prove himself at the final basketball game. It makes the preceding stupidity seems even more stupid in retrospect, no more so then when an overdone ballad plays over the slow-motion end-credits. The werewolf make-up isn't very good and, considering the tiny budget, it's no surprise that there's only one on-screen transformation. The storyline involving Scott's crush, her douche bag boyfriend, and the drama teacher is terrible. The sometimes homophobic dialogue will probably make you wince. "Teen Wolf" is an occasionally entertaining stupid kid's movie that's a bit too raunchy for kids. Aside from a terrible cartoon show and terrible sequel, the movie would also lend its title to a terrible MTV supernatural romance soap-opera, bringing the "Twilight' connection full-circle.

Woodyanders Shy and awkward average guy high school misfit Scott Howard (an excellent and affable performance by Michael J. Fox) suddenly becomes quite cool and popular after he discovers that he's really a werewolf. Director Rod Daniel, working from a sweet script by Jeph Loeb and Matthew Weisman, relates the entertaining lighthearted story at a brisk pace, maintains a good-natured tone throughout, and milks the amusing sense of pleasant humor for a bunch of solid innocuous laughs. The cast have a ball with the upbeat material: James Hampton as Scott's amiable dad Harold, the adorable Susan Ursitti as Scott's loyal and smitten gal pal Boof, Jerry Levine as Scott's shrewd opportunistic hustler buddy Stiles, Mark Holton as jovial fat dude Chubby, Jay Tarses as the laid-back Coach Finstock, and Jim McKrell as mean vice principal Mr. Thorne. Luscious blonde stunner Lorie Griffin heats up the screen as foxy babe Pamela. The sincere message about being true to yourself gives this film some real heart and warmth while the infectiously bouncy soundtrack delivers an extra appealing jolt of happy vitality. Moreover, this movie has an easy'n'breezy charm to it that's impossible to dislike or resist. Miles Goodman's funky syncopated score hits the groovy thumping spot. Tim Suhrstedt's slick cinematography provides an attractive bright look. A nice little item.