History YMMV / TheGrey

* XMeetsY: The latter half of the original ''Film/{{Jaws}}'' but with wolves.

* HellIsThatNoise: [[spoiler: Hendrick's underwater screams as he drowns]].
** The wolf calls in general but especially the Alpha's.

* DistaffCounterpart: Hear this out. For these two films, the tone, plot, and context are admittedly and wildly different, and one is the better part of twenty years older than the other. But their main characters as played by Creator/LiamNeeson and Creator/TomHanks are both grieving widowers, are both [[YouCantFightFate struggling against the inevitability]] of a final confrontation with their films’ antagonists (a vicious man-eating alpha wolf in the former, Meg Ryan in the latter) who are patiently stalking them, and each film’s central conflict [[BolivianArmyEnding remains unresolved]] when the credits roll. Within their respective sections of the American audience, they’re quietly popular and are often described as sleeper hits. The Grey is basically Film/SleeplessInSeattle for guys.

* DistaffCounterpart: Hear this out. For these two, the tone, plot, and context are admittedly and wildly different, and one is the better part of twenty years older than the other. But their main characters as played by Creator/LiamNeeson and Creator/TomHanks are both grieving widowers, are both [[YouCantFightFate struggling against the inevitability]] of a final confrontation with their films’ antagonists (a vicious man-eating alpha wolf in the former, Meg Ryan in the latter) who are patiently stalking them, and each film’s central conflict [[BolivianArmyEnding remains unresolved]] when the credits roll. Within their respective sections of the American audience, they’re quietly popular and are often described as sleeper hits. The Grey is basically Film/SleeplessInSeattle for guys.

* FridgeBrilliance:
** We never see the [[spoiler:much hyped "Liam Neeson vs. a wolf" showdown]] at the end of the film, and only get a glimpse of its aftermath after the credits. However, it's possible that the filmmakers intentionally didn't show it, because nothing they could film could possibly live up to the hype. Thus, the viewer is left to imagine how awesome it was, and come up with their own versions of it.
** It's the middle of winter and there's no fire or other means to stay warm. Hypothermia would have set in within minutes after [[spoiler:Ottway]] crawled out of the river... and it quite possibly did. [[spoiler:Ottway]] took off his heavy jacket after getting out of the river, and in later scenes he's not wearing his hat or gloves either. One of the symptoms of severe hypothermia is a false sense of warmth, in which many sufferers take off various layers of clothing (called paradoxical undressing). This is responsible for a large amount of hypothermia-related deaths. [[spoiler: Since we don't really get a good shot of Ottway after his fight with the Alpha, it's very possible that he won but died of hypothermia soon after.]]

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: "The City Surf" by Jamin Winans, played while Ottman readies himself for his LastStand. A pretty powerful LonelyPianoPiece in context.

* VisualEffectsOfAwesome / SceneryPorn: They filmed in a real wilderness in Canada and it looks beautiful. The wolves are also not CGI, but (mostly[[hottip:*:They were digitally enhanced in many shots.]]) animatronics and puppetry, and they still look really good... [[NightmareFuel and TERRIFYING.]]

* ArtisticLicenseBiology: [[NeverTrustATrailer The film's trailers, at least,]] do a very poor job of giving the impression that the writers understand real wolves[[hottip:*:Perhaps explaining the protests by animal rights advocates.]], which are known to be skittish around fire and humans, whether or not they've encountered them before. It's handled better in the actual film, where it's revealed that the survivors were treading very close to the wolves' den -- the cause of most violent wolf encounters in RealLife.

** It's the middle of winter and there's no fire or other means to stay warm. Hypothermia would have set in within minutes after [[spoiler:Ottway]] crawled out of the river... and it quite possibly did. [[spoiler:Ottway]] took off his heavy jacket after getting out of the river, and in later scenes he's not wearing his hat or gloves either. One of the symptoms of severe hypothermia is a false sense of warmth, in which many sufferers take off various layers of clothing (called paradoxical undressing). This is responsible for a large amount of hypothermia-related deaths.

* {{Wangst}}: Definitely everyone.

* XMeetsY: The latter half of the original {{Jaws}} but with wolves.

* HateDumb: Wolfaboos are gathering like flies to boycott the movie.

* VisualEffectsOfAwesome / SceneryPorn: They filmed in a real wilderness in Canada and it looks beautiful. The wolves are also not CGI, but (mostly[[hottip:*:They were digitally enhanced in many shots.]]) animatronics and puppetry, and they still look really good... [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel and TERRIFYING.]]

* ArtisticLicenseBiology:
** [[NeverTrustATrailer The film's trailers, at least,]] do a very poor job of giving the impression that the writers understand real wolves[[hottip:*:Perhaps explaining the protests by animal rights advocates.]], which are known to be skittish around fire and humans, whether or not they've encountered them before. It's handled better in the actual film, where it's revealed that the survivors were treading very close to the wolves' den -- the cause of most violent wolf encounters in RealLife.

** It's the middle of winter and there's no fire or other means to stay warm. Hypothermia would have set in within minutes after [[spoiler: Ottway]] crawled out of the river. At least he ditched the heavy jacket afterward, but that wouldn't make it easier for him to dry off or warm up.
*** This troper took the ditching of his coat as evidence that hypothermia had indeed set in. One of the symptoms of severe hypothermia is a false sense of warmth, in which many sufferers take off various layers of clothing (called paradoxical undressing.) Notice he wasn't wearing a hat or gloves either. Paradoxical undressing is responsible for a large amount of hypothermia related deaths.
*** Of course, [[spoiler:[[LastStand Ottway doesn't last much longer than that anyways...]]]]
* FridgeBrilliance: [[spoiler: we never see the much hyped "Liam Neeson vs a Wolf" showdown at the end of the film, and only get a glimpse of it's aftermath after the credits. However, it's possible that the filmmakers intentionally didn't show it, because nothing they could film could possibly live up to the hype. Thus, the viewer is left to imagine how awesome the fight was, and come up with their own versions of it]].

* TearJerker: Many occur down the road, but [[spoiler: Ottway placing all the wallets of the deceased in a pile before his {{Last Stand}} and looking inside each to get a glimpse of their loved ones especially counts.]]
** It really hits a tender chord when [[spoiler: he looks at Diaz' wallet, just to find (as he proclaimed) he has no pictures of loved ones, only his driver's license.]] When [[spoiler: Ottway finally reaches his own, flipping to a picture he has of his [[{{DeadAllAlong}} dead wife]], you're going to shed many manly tears.]]
** [[spoiler:And then when he recites the poem one last time in his head as he prepares himself for his LastStand.]]
** The last thing [[spoiler: Talget]] sees before he dies is his daughter moving her long hair across his face as he described to the guys earlier.
* VisualEffectsOfAwesome / SceneryPorn: They filmed in a real wilderness in Canada and it looks beautiful. The wolves are also not CGI, but animatronics and puppetry, and they still look really good...[[HighOctaneNightmareFuel and TERRIFYING.]]
** The wolves are actually digitally enhanced in many shots.

*** This troper took the ditching of his coat as evidence that hypothermia had indeed set in. One of the symptoms of severe hypothermia is a false sense of warmth, in whuch many sufferers take off various layers of clothing (called paradoxical undressing.) Notice he wasn't wearing a hat or gloves either. Paradoxical undressing is responsible for a large amount of hypothermia related deaths.

** The wolf calls in general but especially the Alpha's as stated below.