In a small town in the old American West, the rich and powerful are planning on screwing over the people, which a dark force is killing the animals and making the children disappear.
THE WOLF AND THE LAMB frustrates me. At times this film feels like it is going to be a grand supernatural epic. It is a film where every character is perfectly rounded. Its a film where you can feel their stories bleeding off the screen. The human machinations are very real world. The supernatural element is creepy and not like anything we've seen.
The problem is the film only runs 90 minutes and so many threads are left hanging that I am certain there has to be another version of this film that runs about an hour longer. I say that because no one would have as much going on as this film and short every bit of it. Almost nothing feels settled at the end. What's on screen is choice, but it feels like it is only part of the story, with threads disaapearing for long sections of the film as corruption gives way to supernatural to other things and back again. The result is a film that doesn't hang together and unevenly paced because the pieces don't blend.
While not bad, my over whelming feeling is that this should have been better... and more to the point I would gladly watch the longest version of the film because I know there is more to these stories.
Worth a look for those who don't mind imperfection in a film with great characters and ideas.
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