100% Wolf

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100% Wolf
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Theatrical release poster
Directed byAlexs Stadermann
Written byFin Edquist
Based on100% Wolf
by Jayne Lyons
Produced by
  • Alexia Gates-Foale
  • Barbara Stephen
Starring
CinematographyHeidy Villafane
Edited bySimon Klaebe
Music byAsh Gibson Greig
Production
company
Distributed by Studio 100
Release date
  • 29 May 2020 (2020-05-29) [1]
Running time
96 minutes [2]
CountryAustralia [3]
LanguageEnglish
Box office$8.1 million [4] [5]

100% Wolf is an Australian animated adventure fantasy comedy film directed by Alexs Stadermann and produced by Alexia Gates-Foale and Barbara Stephen. [6] [7] [8] It is adapted from Jayne Lyons' 2009 novel of the same name. The film follows a teen boy who belongs to a werewolf pack, but when his transformation turns him into a poodle, he must prove that he belongs. It features the voices of Jai Courtney, Samara Weaving, Magda Szubanski, Rhys Darby, Ilai Swindells, Akmal Saleh, Rupert Degas, and Jane Lynch.

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100% Wolf was produced by Flying Bark Productions and released on May 29, 2020, by Studio 100. It received generally mixed reviews from critics and grossed $8.1 million worldwide.

Plot

Freddy Lupin is the young heir to a werewolf pack that has been protecting their local town for years and dislikes dogs. When he attempts to follow his family during their nightly patrol using a magical moonstone, he loses the moonstone to an ice cream man called Foxwell Cripp, and his father Flashheart apparently dies after falling from a cliff while trying to save Cripp. Freddy's uncle, his father's jealous brother, Hotspur, becomes the new pack leader.

Six years later, the time comes for Freddy to experience his first wolf transformation, but despite the encouragement of long-term housekeeper Mrs. Mutton, he is humiliated when he turns into a poodle instead. Faced with the disdain of his pack, Freddy is challenged to prove his wolf status by moonrise the next day or risk being banished. Freddy decides to try and retrieve the moonstone from Cripp, who now runs a werewolf museum on the side and is determined to prove their existence.

While searching in town, Freddy befriends Batty, a stray dog also known as 'Houndini' for her ability to escape the dog catchers consistently. Batty leads him to Cripp and they manage to retrieve the moonstone, but they are both caught by dog catchers and placed in the Coldfax Dog Pound. They meet three dogs called Hamish, Bruno and Twitchy. Meanwhile, Hostpur incidentally learns by Cripp himself that a poodle has stolen the moonstone and at the same time is informed by online pictures of the dogs on their database that Coldfax has captured his nephew. He goes there, pretending to be willing to adopt the stray poodle, but he takes the moonstone off Freddy and abandons his nephew to his fate and Freddy ended up revealing to Batty and the other that he was meant to be a wolf. Meanwhile, Cripp discovers that the Lupin family is associated with the werewolf pack.

After an escape attempt goes wrong, Freddy is sent to a pit with 'the Beast', an unknown monster that supposedly eats dogs. Freddy discovers that the 'Beast' is actually Flasheart, whom the dog catchers captured after he was injured by the fall years before. He also learns that Hotspur left his brother in Coldfax with a silver bracelet to keep him trapped in his wolf state. Batty and the other dogs escape into the vents and discover that Hotspur is planning to turn all the dogs into wigs. They help Freddy free his father and they escape Coldfax with help from Mrs. Mutton, who went to save them after realizing Hotspur's intentions. Mrs. Mutton and Twitchy stay behind to fight off the Coldfax guards.

Freddy, now back in his human form, leads Flasheart and the dogs home to confront Hotspur. Cripp attacks the other werewolves with a mass of silver concentrate, but Freddy stops Cripp's attack. Hotspur tries to attack while the werewolves are weakened by the silver, but the dogs are able to get the wolves to safety while Freddy lures his uncle to the mansion roof. Meanwhile, Mrs. Mutton and Twitchy save the other pound dogs at Coldfax and destroy the wig making machine. Transforming back into a poodle in the moonlight and accepting his form, Freddy lets out a loud roar to affirm his status as an alpha wolf, sending Hotspur falling back into the mansion.

Sometime later, Freddy's reflections reveal that not only have werewolves and dogs gotten on better terms, but the pack has also opened the mansion up to all dogs. Hotspur and his children are reduced to dog-walkers and taking care of the dogs, while Coldfax is shut down. Cripp has also taken to working at the mansion selling ice cream. Flasheart returns to his old role as pack leader, but he assures Freddy that he is proud of him and believes he will be a good leader when the time comes.

Voice cast

Reception

100% Wolf received positive mixed from critics and earned a total of $7.7 million worldwide. [4] [5]

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 69% based on reviews from 16 critics, with an average rating of 5.8/10. [9]

A 2 stars out of 5 review Common Sense Media, however, found the film included "mild peril, slapstick violence, scenes inspired by classic horror movies, and potty humor" and had entertaining value but lacked educational content. [10] A 3 stars out 5 review for The Hollywood News stated "100% Wolf capitalises on familiar narrative threads to ensure that family fun is maintained. So get ready for familiar story elements from iconic films including The Lion King, How to Train Your Dragon and just a smattering of The Corpse Bride . By borrowing these elements, it ensures that it gets the young audience on board more easily." [11] While giving the film a similar rating, Tyler Collins, of Oakville News, was much more critical and concluded, "There's no audience who'd get anything of value from seeing 100% Wolf unless you want to be 100% weirded out." [12]

Cath Clarke, in her review for The Guardian , wrote, "Do dog pounds exist anywhere outside kids movies any more? Maybe not, but Freddy's incarceration gives the film its best characters, including a pugnaciously chippy chihuahua and a doberman with a Werner Herzog accent. There's also a funny moment where Freddy, who has been adamant he won't urinate like a dog, can't hold it in any longer and lets rip mid action scene, spraying pee like machine gunfire." [13]

"100% Wolf has all the right elements to it, it just heavily borrows moments and characters from other bigger budget hits. This feels at best an ode to such animations, and at worse aping and unimaginative. Albeit the film is readily consumable because of the former, but a pink-haired werepoodle alone does not make things intriguing enough – even if likeable Freddy wins us all over in the end and prompts calls for Freddy the werepoodle toys from the kids.", commented Lisa Giles-Keddie on HeyUGuys. [14] The Globe and Mail offered a similar appraisal, criticising the film's predictability. [15]

A positive review in The Curb, however, stated, "While the Freo-centric iconography may not be the first thing across every viewers mind, the localised jokes and vernacular will ensure you notice the Aussie-infused charm of 100% Wolf, helping make the distinctly non-Australian story feel comfortably ocker." [16]

Other media

Television series

A 26-episode TV series spin-off, 100% Wolf: Legend of the Moonstone, screened on ABC ME on December 28, 2020, produced by Flying Bark Productions and Studio 100 Animation. [17] Season 2 (The Book of Hath) aired on ABC ME on May 1, 2023.

Sequel

A sequel titled 200% Wolf was announced in July 2022. [18] On April 28, 2024, Flying Bark Productions announced via social media that the film would be released on August 8 in Australian cinemas and on August 23 in the United States. [19]

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