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The Wild

G Released Apr 14, 2006 1h 25m Kids & Family Adventure Animation List
19% Tomatometer 112 Reviews 36% Audience Score 100,000+ Ratings
An adolescent lion (Kiefer Sutherland) who was raised in captivity finds himself accidentally plucked from the New York Zoo and deposited in Africa. Meanwhile, the friends he left behind at the zoo must put aside their differences to help bring him home safely. Read More Read Less
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With a rehashed plot and unimpressive animation, there's nothing wild about The Wild.

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Derek Adams Time Out The animation here impresses more than in the equally defunct Madagascar, but everything else smacks of an easy money-making exercise of such dimwitted inanity even the youngest kids will see through it. Jun 24, 2006 Full Review Helen O'Hara Empire Magazine The Wild roars back from a rocky opening act to a storming last reel, just managing to claw its way above comparisons with Madagascar. Rated: 3/5 May 26, 2006 Full Review Neil Smith BBC.com What's so aggravating here is the grievous lack of wit, imagination and plain old story. Rated: 2/5 May 23, 2006 Full Review Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com It's frightening to me to think that a group of studio executives sat around a room and green-lighted this film. Rated: 2.5/4.0 Sep 27, 2020 Full Review Kit Bowen Hollywood.com Rated: 2/5 Nov 20, 2008 Full Review Frank Lovece Film Journal International For all the rest of the film's unoriginality, The Wild moves along with solidly crafted wit. Mar 1, 2007 Full Review Read all reviews

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Артем Б I see no reason why this cartoon exists at all. Because it is absolutely rotten, raw and apart from the realism of the characters, it has absolutely nothing special. Another problem with such cartoons is that they get old over time, as was the case with the "Dinosaur" 2000 year movie, where they focused only on visual realism, but the plot was unbelievably boring. Some people say that this is a plagiarism of "Madagascar", but it's hard to say. Because there is no known situation like between "A Bug's Life" and "Antz" or "Road to El Dorado" and "The Emperor's New Groove".And it's even hard for me to realize that they did a good job on the visuals here, but its plot makes this film completely undeserving of its existence. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 06/05/24 Full Review Miguel Afonso B I watch this movie and I have no ideia that Movie is terrible. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 04/11/24 Full Review Davis K Just like the title of this movie this is to wild Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/29/24 Full Review Chew C it wasn't wild enough to beat madagascar. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/02/24 Full Review Brian R This is just a knockoff Madagascar Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 12/13/23 Full Review Dino G The Wild as all out better humor than Madagascar(2005), but it has terrible animation. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 12/08/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis An adolescent lion (Kiefer Sutherland) who was raised in captivity finds himself accidentally plucked from the New York Zoo and deposited in Africa. Meanwhile, the friends he left behind at the zoo must put aside their differences to help bring him home safely.
Director
Steve "Spaz" Williams
Producer
Clint Goldman, Beau Flynn
Screenwriter
Ed Decter, Mark Gibson, Philip Halprin, John J. Strauss
Distributor
Buena Vista Pictures
Production Co
CORE Technologies, Complete Pandemonium
Rating
G
Genre
Kids & Family, Adventure, Animation
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Apr 14, 2006, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 18, 2014
Runtime
1h 25m
Sound Mix
Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)
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