The Wild Life

PG

Released Sep 9, 2016

1 hr. 30 min.

Kids & Family

Comedy

Adventure

Animation

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17%

59 Reviews

Tomatometer

29%

2,500+ Ratings

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Times are good for Mak the parrot, Scrubby the goat, Carmello the chameleon and the rest of the wildlife that inhabit a tropical island. Their day-to-day routine gets shaken up when a mysterious creature washes up on shore. He's a sailor named Robinson Crusoe, and he's the only human survivor of a terrible storm that destroyed his ship. As the animals get to know their peculiar new guest, they find him to be a useful ally when two conniving cats try to seize control of their exotic paradise.

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Critics Consensus

The Wild Life uses its classic source material as a half-hearted springboard into a colorfully animated but essentially empty experience that only the youngest of viewers will find at all entertaining.

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Ethan G

Although "The Wild Life" occasionally doesn't know where to go and eventually drifts off course towards the end, this funny, charming and exciting animated feature is genuinely well-made and thoroughly entertaining.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

09/05/23

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StephenPaul C

LOL, the funniest 1.5 hours ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/14/23

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Graham S

I saw this movie when I was a kid and thought it was good...........I was on something.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

03/28/23

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robert p

What a horrible movie this was, way to kiddish, and stupid thus my *1* star rating!

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

All ages are admitted and allowed!!! LOL, so funny and full of adventure (and action-packed comic relief)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Also including a very sweet and funny voice cast!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/24/23

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One of the worst animated movies of 2016, Robinson Crusoe/The Wild Life has colourfully animated antics galore - the lighting's a bit off, though, and at times the movement's a bit jerky - and serviceable voice acting but the weak premise, unfunny jokes, boring, one-dimensional characters and not really having much of a plot to speak of (it just ends after Crusoe and the parrot deal with another threat) make it a movie that's most likely to appeal strictly to children and nobody else outside of that demographic. Go watch Madagascar instead if you want a more entertaining version of "family-friendly Cast Away".

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/23/23

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Vincent Kesteloot

Director

Ben Stassen

Director

Doug Stone

Aynsley

Ron Allen

Bosun

Colin Metzger

Carmello

Michael Sorich

Cecil

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Paul Byrnes

Sydney Morning Herald

Robinson Crusoe: The Wild Life is a handbook of mistakes -- although I can't say whether the problem was lack of budget, time, or simply judgment.

Rated: 2/5

Oct 28, 2016

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Raakhee Mirchandani

New York Daily News

Kids might be amused, but adults will find the jokes weak, the narrative bleak and little to pass the time between animal chase scenes.

Rated: 2/5

Sep 13, 2016

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Radheyan Simonpillai

NOW Toronto

contemporary relevance doesn't make this movie any more interesting. It just floats by on flat characters and predictable gags, a functional distraction for kids who are bound to forget it as soon as they hit the next episode of Dora The Explorer.

Rated: 2/5

Sep 9, 2016

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Richard Crouse

Richard Crouse

Not a travesty, some small ones may find delight with the cute hedgehogs and company, but it is lazy.

Rated: 1/5

Mar 1, 2021

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Rachel Wagner

rachelsreviews.net

I personally would rather watch this film than a lazy unambitious effort like Ice Age: Collision Course but that's just me.

Rated: C-

Apr 11, 2019

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Sharronda Williams

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This was an impressive film visually for the independent Belgian company but the story unfortunately falls flat.

Nov 13, 2018

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Synopsis

Times are good for Mak the parrot, Scrubby the goat, Carmello the chameleon and the rest of the wildlife that inhabit a tropical island. Their day-to-day routine gets shaken up when a mysterious creature washes up on shore. He's a sailor named Robinson Crusoe, and he's the only human survivor of a terrible storm that destroyed his ship. As the animals get to know their peculiar new guest, they find him to be a useful ally when two conniving cats try to seize control of their exotic paradise.

Director: Vincent Kesteloot, Ben Stassen
Executive Producer: Olivier Courson, Eric Dillens
Screenwriter: Lee Christopher, Domonic Paris, Graham Welldon
Distributor: Lionsgate Films
Production Co: Illuminata Pictures, Summit Entertainment, nWave Pictures, StudioCanal, uFilm
Rating: PG (Some Rude Humor|Mild Action/Peril)
Genre: Kids & Family, Comedy, Adventure, Animation
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 9, 2016, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 29, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $8.0M

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