What's not to like about enigmatic Benicio del Toro, geared up as a 19th century nobleman, going berserk? Hugo Weaving, as hard-headed Scotland Yard detective Frederick Abberline, makes a deserving adversary. Even Anthony Hopkins, as the mother hen, didn't bother me as much as he usually does. The plot itself is very by the book, but it feels smooth and stylish all the way to the (entirely predictable) ending. Costumes and sets are attractions in themselves, but that doesn't come as a surprise if you know that production designer Rick Heinrichs also worked on "The Big Lebowski", "Sleepy Hollow", and "Pirates of the Caribbean". Guest appearance by Geraldine Chaplin as a gypsy witch.
Review of The Wolfman
