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The Wild

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The Wild

G

Released Apr 14, 2006

1h 25m

Kids & Family

Adventure

Animation

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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.

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Critics Consensus

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

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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

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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

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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

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Kit Bowen

Hollywood.com

Rated: 2/5

Nov 20, 2008

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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

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Audience Member

Crazy movie! Absolute must see, so much fun nad really exciting! This movie is an absolute 10/10!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/08/25

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Jacob P

This Movie Sucks Why Because It F**king Ripped off Madagascar

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

01/05/25

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Leovanni E

Did They Just Rip Off DreamWorks' Madagascar? Why Is This Movie Even A Thing?

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

11/14/24

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Jedd L

I enjoyed it as a child and I enjoy it now. Clocks is still peak.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/09/24

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Thomas R

New York City looks so dead despite being labeled the city that never sleeps

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

09/22/24

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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

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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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