True Wolf

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True Wolf

2012

1h 16m

Documentary

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Montana couple Bruce Weide and Pat Tucker raise a wolf pup and later use the adult female, named Koani, as an ambassador in educational presentations.

Farran Smith Nehme

New York Post

It's hard to get close to a wild creature, and "True Wolf" doesn't always manage, either.

Rated: 2.5/4

Aug 17, 2012

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Jeannette Catsoulis

New York Times

Mr. Weide and Ms. Tucker are ill served by a director who reduces the anti-wolf lobby to caricature and the debates over reintroducing wolves to the Northern Rockies to grossly biased clips.

Rated: 2/5

Aug 16, 2012

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Scott Tobias

AV Club

True Wolf is about responsible people seeking some middle ground in reintroducing wolves back into nature-not exactly the greatest story ever told.

Rated: D+

Aug 16, 2012

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Jordan M. Smith

IONCINEMA.com

True Wolf is sophomore director Rob Whitehair's loving memorial to the now deceased animal, but unfortunately, it is a sequentially repetitive work of amateur semblance that tends to reminisce rather than inform.

Feb 9, 2020

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Brent Simon

Shockya.com

Frustratingly shapeless and rather bewildering, True Wolf fumbles away interest in what by rights should be the fascinating tale of a Montana couple who raised a wild wolf alongside their dog.

Rated: C-

Sep 26, 2012

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Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

Spirituality & Practice

A tribute to a wolf who was raised by a loving couple to become an ambassador for her species.

Rated: 4/5

Aug 16, 2012

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I've spent 30 years working with these animals and doing this same kind of outreach and education. This tells the real story of people that have dedicated their lives not just to teaching people about wolves, but to giving a captive wolf a life that meant something both to the animal and all the people she touched. Five Stars.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/22/23

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Rob Whitehair

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Rob Whitehair

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Bruce Weide

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Rob Whitehair

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Pam Voth

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Bruce Weide

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Synopsis

Montana couple Bruce Weide and Pat Tucker raise a wolf pup and later use the adult female, named Koani, as an ambassador in educational presentations.

Director: Rob Whitehair
Producer: Rob Whitehair, Pam Voth
Screenwriter: Rob Whitehair, Bruce Weide
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Runtime: 1h 16m