Call of the Wild

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Call of the Wild

PG

Released Jun 12, 2009

1h 27m

Kids & Family

Adventure

Drama

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While visiting her grandfather in Montana, a girl (Ariel Gade) nurses an injured wild dog back to health and trains him for an upcoming sled-dog race.

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Rob Nelson

Variety

Alternately jerking the audience's tears and splashing snow in their faces, 3-D indie Call of the Wild loses focus (literally) but gets by on its good-hearted demeanor.

Sep 1, 2009

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Chris Hewitt

St. Paul Pioneer Press

Although Call of the Wild would have been a dime a dozen in a previous era, right now, it's so old it feels new again.

Rated: 2/4

Jun 12, 2009

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Jeff Vice

Deseret News (Salt Lake City)

Even comparing itself to the beloved book makes this clunky and supposedly family-friendly drama seem worse than it already is.

Rated: 2/4

Jun 11, 2009

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Honestly, it is one of the cringiest films of all time. The cringiest line is when the girl asks "grandpa, am I a tomboy?" because she likes sled racing, like what? Every stereotype you can imagine is portrayed in this film in the cringiest way possible.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/22/23

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Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/20/23

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Really old-school kind of movie. Brings back memories from watching these kind of flics as a kid.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/28/23

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Nice, but too much a family movie.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/16/23

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seen it love it good film 4 the hole family 2

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/19/23

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A 10 year old girl is visiting her grandfather who reads the classic novel "Call of the Wild" to her every night. They find a wounded wolf/dog, and nurse him back to good health and try to keep it but Buck is wild at heart and yearns for the wilderness. Great scenery and there is even a dog sled race. Will he stay or return to the wilderness? Watch and find out.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/06/23

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Richard Gabai

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Christopher Lloyd

'Grandpa' Bill Hale

Ariel Gade

Ryann Hale

Wes Studi

Hatcher

Aimee Teegarden

Tracy

Veronica Cartwright

Sheriff Taylor

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Synopsis

While visiting her grandfather in Montana, a girl (Ariel Gade) nurses an injured wild dog back to health and trains him for an upcoming sled-dog race.

Director: Richard Gabai
Producer: Nancy Draper, Richard Gabai
Screenwriter: Leland Douglas
Distributor: Vivendi Entertainment
Production Co: Check Entertainment
Rating: PG (Language|Brief Smoking|Some Violence|Thematic Material)
Genre: Kids & Family, Adventure, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 12, 2009, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 17, 2020
Runtime: 1h 27m

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