Species dysphoria. That’s what the professionals call the condition troubling Jakob (George MacKay) in “Wolf,” a shockingly dull look at a fascinating disorder affecting humans who believe they wer…
,” a shockingly dull look at a fascinating disorder affecting humans who believe they were born into the wrong species. Jakob is convinced he’s a wolf in human clothing, and except for the first and last scenes, he spends practically the entire film trying to fight that impression at the True You rehab center, where crackpot doctors use a troubling assortment of treatments to “cure” Jakob and his fellow patients.
Considering all the attention the trans community has gotten of late, this is a rich time to be tackling identity issues, although a film like this — which boils down to the idea that people are who they are, however difficult that may be for others to accept — confuses more than it contributes to any understanding of such topics.
For viewers, unless you know someone who thinks he’s a giraffe or a gerbil, it can be frustrating to judge what we’re seeing. Evidently, Biancheri considered making a documentary about people with species dysphoria, and if she had, at least we’d be watching genuine examples of the condition, rather than this slow, straight-faced dramatic approach.
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