I actually wanted to give B & C about just above a 4.5 rating, so I rounded up. Among all monster/creature movies this is one of the best. "Big Bad Wolf, Dog Soldiers and The Howling" are the three best Werewolf movies of all time. "B & C" ranks right up there at No.1. I love the type of horror movie that concentrates more on the story, than the monster. Even though "Dog Soldiers and BBW" had excellent special effects, the use of regular wolves in this movie did not hurt "B & C" at all. The "young lovers forbidden from being together" angle, though done a thousand times, was beautiful. Hugh Dancy and Agnes Bruckner were perfect in their interpretation of Romeo and Juliet. Oliver Martinez, as the patriarch of the werewolf klan held a foboding presence whenever he appeared on screen. His charismatic "enemy of the good guy/girl" vs Hugh Dancy as the young hero was a perfect match. Martinez' evil did not antagonistically snatch at the audience.Don't look for the 8ft werewolf that you find im almost all other werewolf movies. Lookfk for a great transition from human to wolf though as the body motions of the actors jell perfectly into the shinning light before they are transformed into regular wolves. The regular wolf look will also make one concentrate more on the stories that the wolves just happen to be a part of. Agnes Bruckner was good as a brooding, bordering on depressed "waiting for the fire in her life" werewolfet. Any more depressed though and she would have taken from the "rescue me from my life please" beauty waiting for her heroic beau. Their "stay at arms length, I wish I had, I love you regardless" romance was done to perfection.Martinez's son(I do not know the name of the actor)was the perfect little menace, best described as "a little snot". His rebellious, no matter what, face was perfect and will get him many similar jobs in the future. It doesn't hurt that he is extremely talented as the "leader of the "Jr. wolf pack". I do not know what Hollywood calls it, but the non-vivid colors of the entire movie and the perfect visuals of Romania added to the dread of a "werewolf" tale. This movie goes to show what I have always beleived; If you have a good horror-romance /slasher flick, you do not need all the blood,entrails and popping eyeballs. This story is not new, but the enjoyment is. I would recommend it, not just to werewolf fans,not just to horror fans, not just to slasher fans, but to all other movie fans. There was never a dull moment.By the way, there are few movies that I would give a rating of "5": JAWS, THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, JESUS OF NAZARETH, TITANIC, NAPOLEAN, BAND OF BROTHERS, CRIMSON TIDE, JAWS 2, FRIDAY THE 13th, HALLOWEEN, ALIENS 2, OLIVER, SLEEPING WITH THE ENEMY, SAVING PRIVATE RYAN, ARMAGGEDON, A.D. , THE MOMENT AFTER 2, A THIEF IN THE NIGHT