MSA at Whites Creek 2015: Howling about “The Wolfpack”

Howling about “The Wolfpack” By Jyzy Stanton and Marlecia Allen

            

     After seeing the movie “The Wolfpack” at the Belcourt Theater, we thought the movie was kind of sad because the Angulo children were stuck in the apartment for over a decade and only had each other to depend on for friendship and socialization. Overall, the movie was about a dysfunctional family who were stuck in an apartment together with a tyrannical, bizarre father. The mother was submissive and abused by the father; a fact that was witnessed by at least one of the older Angulo sons. The name Wolfpack was a good name for the brothers because they had each others’ backs; they stuck together. The movie showed a lot of family values because the boys didn’t fight or cause trouble for one another. They thought that it was them against the world, but in the end they decided they were against the father, not the world. The most disturbing scenes in the family were with the father: the way he treated them, the way he made them kiss him (on the mouth), as well as the way they were isolated from the outside, and the way they didn’t seem to have any health or dental care. For all they lacked, the boys seemed to be well-groomed, knew how to cook, and were masters of arts and crafts, which was clear in the way they recreated the scenes, scripts, and costumes from the movies they loved. If there’s one moral of the story with “The Wolfpack” it’s that we should be grateful for every little thing that we have. Even if it seems like parents are being over-protective or overboard, they are not as bad as the Wolfpack’s parents. Ultimately, “The Wolfpack” was a good movie which showed a different way of living from the way we live. The movie should be rated five out of five stars.

Jyzy Stanton is a junior at Whites Creek High School in the Alternative Energy, Sustainability, and Logistics Academy. He wants to go to college in Alabama, at the University of Alabama.

Marlecia Allen is a sophomore at Whites Creek High School in the Community Health Academy. She wants to go to Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee.