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A Cultural Compass
For the World Traveler
A Cultural Compass
For the World Traveler

Wolfs

Brad Pitt and George Clooney in Wolfs.

If you’ve been on the fence about whether to invest the 107 minutes it takes to watch Wolfs, the Brad Pitt–George Clooney streamer that unfolds over the course of one snowy night in New York City, you might as well jump off. Is Jon Watts’s film worthy of these two effortlessly engaging movie stars who still have it? Maybe not. Do they deserve a more original and inspired vehicle but didn’t mind coasting on their gifts and easy charisma? Probably. But their presence, even in a lightweight Coen brothers/Tarantino knockoff, is enough to make Wolfs worthwhile. Austin Abrams gives the suave veterans some manic kid energy to play off of as the three of them try to stay alive while returning a stolen shipment of smuggled drugs. There are no instantly iconic bits, but it’s a charming enough ride that reminds us why the entertainment gods made movie stars. —Lisa Henricksson

Photo courtesy of Apple TV+