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What a funny idea to adapt one of the board game classics into a film? Not so weird, actually, because The Werewolves of Thiercelieux is one of those games where each part can tell a little story (what we call in terms of game design the “emergent narrative”): making a feature film based on big hairy beasts that devour the inhabitants of a remote town almost goes without saying, even if we've seen it a thousand times. The thing is, the film literally adapts the game under jurisprudence Jumanji. Judge for yourself: the three generations of a French family today (led by Franck Dubosc And Suzanne Clement) gets stuck inside part of Werewolvesin a medieval cardboard village where a band of ferocious lupins prowl at night. Every morning, the villagers designate one of their own as a lycanthrope, and execute him… To get out of the game, guess what? The heroes must find the real werewolves – luckily, they have powers to help them!
In short, it's the game, no more, no less. The most improbable thing about it is that, as a film, it works… provided you get past the downright sluggish intro (with Jean Reno as a reloud Grandpa Alzheimer's, and bulldozed character characterizations), you might even have a really nice time watching this sort of “less than ten years old” version of Army of Darkness (the SFX are even really great). So yes, it is a product calibrated and validated by two entertainment moguls (Netflix France and the huge games publisher Asmodée), but it is a Good product.