Behaviorism has been a theme and source of criticism in the cinema ever since it was concepted, but it was popularized with Kubrick and even inconsciently writers and directors continue to expose how dangerous and brutal it can be.
Wolf is an incredible movie, with it's core on social criticism but it's soul on human identity and the suffering of having to addapt to what the world have decided for you.
Lily Rose-Depp and Paddy Constantine give us amazing performances, but the highlight and what holds the movie and all of its themes together is the terrific performance of George MacKay. We've seen him do it before, but never with so much dept and pain, he makes us feel exactly what the caracther is feeling, therefore the movie can be painful and unconfortable to watch.
The movie is not about a mental disorder, probably is based on clinical lycanthropy, a type of psychosis, but it looks nothing like in the movie. The movie is about freedom, pain, to give in to your nature and discovering what it really is.
Wolf can be read in many ways, interpreted with your own struggles and that's what makes it such a perfect film.
I will not forget George MacKay and this criminally underrated performance, it will stay in my mind for a very long time and I'm glad for it.
