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An American Werewolf in Paris

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A group of carousing American tourists is taking in the cultural landmarks of Paris when a chance encounter results in sightseer Andy McDermott (Tom Everett Scott) saving the life of Parisian Serafine Pigot (Julie Delpy). While on a date at a nightclub with Serafine, Andy is suddenly attacked and bitten by a werewolf. The next day he discovers that Serafine is also a lycanthrope, and that he is beginning his own grueling, hirsute transformation into one of the fanged beasts.
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Markedly inferior to its cult classic predecessor in every way, An American Werewolf in Paris is felled by the silver bullets of clumsy storytelling and chintzy special effects.

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Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times By the end of the film, any plot discipline (necessary so that we care about some characters and not the others) has been lost in an orgy of special effects and general mayhem. Rated: 1/4 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Mike Clark USA Today The computer animation of the monsters here is a herky-jerky cartoon blur that is anything but scary. Rated: 2/4 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Adrian Martin Film Critic: Adrian Martin Every single element in this film misfires hopelessly. The juvenile humour has no infectious spark. The loud action set-pieces are unexciting, despite the battery of elaborate special-effects processes. Rated: 1/5 Jul 30, 2025 Full Review Eddie Harrison film-authority.com ...some great films, like sleeping dogs, should be left well alone... Rated: 2/5 Sep 24, 2021 Full Review Matt Brunson Film Frenzy Where's a silver bullet when you really need one? Rated: 1.5/4 Dec 18, 2019 Full Review Daniel Barnes Dare Daniel An exhausting and chaotic pseudo-sequel to John Landis' 1981 horror-comedy classic,An American Werewolf in Paris offers one affront to the senses after another. Rated: 1/5 Oct 22, 2019 Full Review Read all reviews

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Naomi F I don’t compare the two films. I was a teenager when this came out and thought it was good fun. Watched years later and thought the same thing. A good watchable no-brainer. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 09/27/25 Full Review Melissa L I thought it was better than the ratings suggest. I liked the storyline, Rated 3 out of 5 stars 09/02/25 Full Review Raymond C I appreciate that they tried something new instead of just copying the original. Unfortunately, that's where my compliments end. An American Werewolf in Paris is not a good movie. As a follow up to An American Werewolf in London, it's a terrible movie. The story is poorly done. It's full of lazy writing and plot holes. The CGI is in fact as bad as everyone makes it out to be. Overall, just a shoddy remake thats very disappointing follow up to the original. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 08/17/25 Full Review Mikey B Lackluster update to American werewolf in London. Actors don't look like they want to be there. Wooden performances. Really bad effects Rated 1 out of 5 stars 07/04/25 Full Review James B I thought it was alright apart from the bad CGI werewolves but other than that it has a decent plot and convincing acting. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 05/18/25 Full Review Emmanuel C A guilty pleasure of mine, this movie has some good humour, scary scenes, kind of corny at times, but overall worth a watch. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/28/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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Anthony Waller

Director

Tom Everett Scott

Andy McDermott

Julie Delpy

Serafine Pigot

Vince Vieluf

Brad

Phil Buckman

Chris

Julie Bowen

Amy Finch

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Synopsis A group of carousing American tourists is taking in the cultural landmarks of Paris when a chance encounter results in sightseer Andy McDermott (Tom Everett Scott) saving the life of Parisian Serafine Pigot (Julie Delpy). While on a date at a nightclub with Serafine, Andy is suddenly attacked and bitten by a werewolf. The next day he discovers that Serafine is also a lycanthrope, and that he is beginning his own grueling, hirsute transformation into one of the fanged beasts.
Director
Anthony Waller
Producer
Richard Claus
Screenwriter
John Landis, Tim Burns, Tom Stern, Anthony Waller
Production Co
Hollywood Pictures, Avrora Media, J&M Entertainment, Propaganda Films, Cometstone Pictures
Rating
R
Genre
Horror
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Dec 25, 1997, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 26, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA)
$26.6M
Runtime
1h 38m
Sound Mix
Surround, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio
35mm
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