Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Graphic
- disturbing
- sardonic
- grotesque
- late night viewing
- crime thriller marathon
What critics said
Critics generally praised the film's craft, performances, and dark humor while acknowledging that its disturbing subject matter makes it challenging.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Miki and Gidi independently pursue Dror after the murder investigation fails to produce an arrest.
The film repeatedly uses blackly comic exchanges and awkward behavior around the disturbing murder case.
The suspect avoids arrest because the police lack sufficient evidence, prompting the father and cop to act outside normal procedure.
The investigation, competing agendas, and shifting suspicions complicate straightforward judgments about the central suspects and avengers.
Films like Big Bad Wolves, and why
Fargo
shares dark comedy, morally compromised characters, and revenge-driven crime thriller tension
Prisoners
combines brutal criminal investigation, black humor, and escalating moral unease
The Chaser
features stylized revenge, grim violence, and sardonic genre-aware humor
Movie Details
- Directors
- Navot Papushado, Aharon Keshales
- Release Date
- 2013-04-21
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Rating
- 6.6 / 10 (437)
Cast
- Lior Ashkenazi
- Tzahi Grad
- Rotem Keinan
- Doval'e Glickman
- Menashe Noy
- Dvir Benedek
- Nati Kluger
- Qais Nashif
- Ami Weinberg
- Guy Adler
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- fuboTV, Magnolia Selects Amazon Channel, Monsters and Nightmares Amazon Channel, Warriors and Gangsters Amazon Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, FlixFling
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, FlixFling
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Big Bad Wolves about?
- A Hebrew-language Israeli crime horror film turns a failed murder investigation into a vicious, blackly comic struggle for private justice.
- What is Big Bad Wolves like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Big Bad Wolves as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Big Bad Wolves violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Big Bad Wolves as graphic.
- What did critics think of Big Bad Wolves?
- Critics generally praised the film's craft, performances, and dark humor while acknowledging that its disturbing subject matter makes it challenging.
- Which films are like Big Bad Wolves?
- Films with a similar feel include Fargo, Prisoners, and The Chaser.
- How long is Big Bad Wolves?
- Big Bad Wolves runs 110 minutes.
- Where can I watch Big Bad Wolves?
- In United States, Big Bad Wolves streams on fuboTV, Magnolia Selects Amazon Channel, Monsters and Nightmares Amazon Channel, Warriors and Gangsters Amazon Channel.
