Overview
A heartwarming tale of love and loyalty that transcends the boundaries of humanity and nature.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Moderate
- wistful
- melancholic
- tender
- romantic movie night
- quiet evening
What critics said
Critics broadly embraced the film as an emotionally affecting Korean melodrama that pairs tender performances and supernatural romance with strong audience appeal.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Sun-yi teaches the mute, wolf-like Cheol-su language, manners, and obedience after finding him living as an unsocialized orphan.
Cheol-su's wolf DNA, silence, and animalistic behavior make his bond with Sun-yi both tender and socially impossible.
Elderly Sun-yi revisits her former country cottage and recalls the formative period when she met Cheol-su.
Ji-tae assumes Sun-yi will marry him and uses his privileged position to eliminate Cheol-su as a rival.
Films like A Werewolf Boy, and why
The Shape of Water
romantic fantasy melodrama centered on a dangerous outsider and an emotionally intense bond
Edward Scissorhands
tender supernatural romance combining otherness, longing, and tragic separation
Architecture 101
Korean romantic melodrama with wistful nostalgia, class conflict, and enduring first love
Movie Details
- Director
- Jo Sung-hee
- Release Date
- 2012-10-31
- Runtime
- 122 min
- Rating
- 7.7 / 10 (295)
Cast
- Song Joong-ki
- Park Bo-young
- Yoo Yeon-seok
- Lee Young-ran
- Jang Young-nam
- Kim Hyang-gi
- Yoo Seung-mok
- Shin Bi
- Woo Jung-kook
- Goo Bon-im
Common questions
- What is A Werewolf Boy about?
- A wistful Korean romantic fantasy about a lonely girl who teaches a genetically altered wolf-boy how to love, belong, and protect.
- What is A Werewolf Boy like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of A Werewolf Boy as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is A Werewolf Boy violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in A Werewolf Boy as moderate.
- What did critics think of A Werewolf Boy?
- Critics broadly embraced the film as an emotionally affecting Korean melodrama that pairs tender performances and supernatural romance with strong audience appeal.
- Which films are like A Werewolf Boy?
- Films with a similar feel include The Shape of Water, Edward Scissorhands, and Architecture 101.
- How long is A Werewolf Boy?
- A Werewolf Boy runs 122 minutes.
