except he is neither ordinary nor simply ‘a boy’. In contrast, 100% Wolf gives every sign of being spirited enough to justify the TV series said to be in the making. Freddy Lupin would be just like any other ordinary eleven-year-old boy. But the latest Addams Family movie, released a few months ago, looked very tired. The influence of Charles Addams shows up in the Lupin family’s Gothic mansion and in the nature of their domestic politics – Freddy’s most devious and energetic enemy is his Uncle Hotspur (Rupert Degas). But first comes a demeaning visit to a canine beauty parlour managed by a sleek variation on Cruella de Vil voiced by the towering American comic, Jane Lynch. Known as the Great Houndini, she helps him elude the dogcatcher until they’re both tossed into the pound. Having been cast out to fend for himself, Freddy quickly finds some unlikely allies in a gang of stray dogs led by a streetsmart brown mongrel with blonde streaks and the voice of Samara Weaving. It’s packed with witty visual gags, enhanced by classy lighting, and its large cast – human, lupine and canine – are graced by an inventive set of eccentricities. Otherwise, it’s banishment.ĭirected by Alexs Stadermann, Flying Bark’s creative director, who spent seven years working as a Disney animator, the film rockets along but there’s nothing hasty or half-hearted about its style. Freddy Lupin is the son of the head of his pack, but when his father is presumed dead, Freddy has. Positive on becoming the most fearsome werewolf ever, Freddy is in for a shock. His disgusted relatives give him until the next moonrise to do something about it. 100 Wolf centers on Freddy Lupin, heir to a proud family line of werewolves. But something goes wrong and he’s changed into a miniature poodle with droopy ears and an embarrassing pompadour. During this ritual, he’s supposed to assume his werewolf form for the first time and become the most ferocious of them all. And his coming-of-age ceremony involves a full moon, together with a spectacular transmutation witnessed by a company of distinguished werewolves with glittering gaze and very large teeth.

They’re do-gooders, living as human beings by day and roving the streets at night in search of people in need of their help.įreddy is to succeed his heroic father, Flasheart Lupin (Jai Courtney), now dead, as leader of the pack - the High Howler. He’s been born into a family of werewolves with a difference. Nor is he a super-hero in the making possessed of uncontrollable powers with a humiliating potential for landing him in slapstick situations. Freddy (voiced by Triple J radio’s Ilai Swindells) is no ordinary mixed-up teenager.

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